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Old 10-15-2008, 04:18 PM  
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Originally Posted by Indecisive View Post
It's an idle threat. Apple is making so much profit on iTunes that they can afford 6 cents more.

$0.99 per song is roughly what a CD costs in a retail store now. Apple cuts out the cost of: 1) the CD case 2) the case liner, 3) buying and burning the CD, 4) shipping the CD to the point of sale, and 5) all the overhead of a network of retail stores. And they want you to believe they can't afford to pay 6 cents more to the artist?
Trust me that extra 6 cents won't be going to the artist.
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