Stupid on Steroids

July 3, 2007 8:42:29.556

I like the way Dare Obasanjo comments on Universal Music Group's tactics with Apple:

So this is what it looks like when an industry that has existed for decades begins to die. I wonder who's going to lose out more? Apple because people some people stop buying iPods because they can't buy music from Jay-Z and Eminem on iTunes or Universal Music Group for closing itself out of the biggest digital music marketplace in the world in the midst of declining CD sales worldwide. It's as if the record labels are determined to make themselves irrelevant by any means necessary.

I can't add much to that - other than to say I agree completely.

Comments

[] July 4, 2007 5:49:49.305

Ah, hello didn't Apple and other say like 95% of music on ipods WAS NOT bought via itunes. Certainly my friend's daughter who has WEEKS of music on her ipod didn't buy much (if any) of it. Opting out of itunes just means all your music will end up on peer to peer sharing networks somewhere, versus perhaps selling some of it.