Do you Itunes?

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Well, if so, prepare to pay more for those popular songs.

From http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/27/te...rtner=homepage

Two and a half years after the music business lined up behind the chief executive of Apple, Steven P. Jobs, and hailed him and his iTunes music service for breathing life into music sales, the industry's allegiance to Mr. Jobs has eroded sharply.

Mr. Jobs is now girding for a showdown with at least two of the four major record companies over the price of songs on the iTunes service.

If he loses, the one-price model that iTunes has adopted - 99 cents to download any song - could be replaced with a more complex structure that prices songs by popularity. A hot new single, for example, could sell for $1.49, while a golden oldie could go for substantially less than 99 cents.

Pinche labels, they find a winner, and looks like they might screw it up.

Just as a curiosity, what is the maximum price that you would pay for one song from i-tunes? I know for me, the 99 cent model is about the max I would be willing to pay for a song. It has that feeling of being an unsubstantial amount, yet still having some weight to it so it ends up adding up quickly.