<![CDATA[Music Executives Discuss Another Hair-Brained Scheme To Save The Industry - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[Music Executives Discuss Another Hair-Brained Scheme To Save The Industry - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:02:51 EDT Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:02:51 EDT http://idolator.com/373499/music-executives-discuss-another-hair+brained-scheme-to-save-the-industry <![CDATA[Music Executives Discuss Another Hair-Brained Scheme To Save The Industry]]> http://idolator.com/373499/music-executives-discuss-another-hair+brained-scheme-to-save-the-industry#c4938946 Yeah I bet it's 96kbps of lamest mash up collection catalog.

no. sorry. It's time for the industry to say good night.

squashed

]]> 33:373499:c4938946 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:02:51 EDT <![CDATA[Music Executives Discuss Another Hair-Brained Scheme To Save The Industry]]> http://idolator.com/373499/music-executives-discuss-another-hair+brained-scheme-to-save-the-industry#c4933637 @Jasonbob7: I'll give you 5 dollars if you let me use Celestial Jukebox as a band name.

GhostOfDuane

]]> 33:373499:c4933637 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:59:16 EDT <![CDATA[Music Executives Discuss Another Hair-Brained Scheme To Save The Industry]]> http://idolator.com/373499/music-executives-discuss-another-hair+brained-scheme-to-save-the-industry#c4930525 @Captain Wrong: On the contrary. I think it's exactly what they suggest - unlimited access to all the music that's out there, for as long as you keep paying the fee. You don't OWN any of it, and once you stop paying, you lose access. But then again, if you want to own music, buy the mp3s.

THAT'S where the future of the industry lies. Two revenue streams: downloads (that cost more but let you keep the files forever) and subscriptions (that cost a tiny amount but FEEL free cuz you have access to everything). Imagine an iPod that could store 80gb of music on its hard drive with another 4gb of flash memory that could sync with the "celestial jukebox". I think there's something interesting there...kudos to the industry for trying something new, anyhow.

Jasonbob7

]]> 33:373499:c4930525 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 07:09:48 EDT <![CDATA[Music Executives Discuss Another Hair-Brained Scheme To Save The Industry]]> http://idolator.com/373499/music-executives-discuss-another-hair+brained-scheme-to-save-the-industry#c4927401 OK, here's my question: what exactly are we getting for this $5 a month? Everything I've read makes it sound like protection money, not that they're going to make it any easier to download music. Like this is a surcharge that doesn't admit any guilt but gives you a get out of RIAA lawsuit free pass. Even this Times article is kind of vague, I think they're connecting dots that the majors aren't suggesting connect.

Captain Wrong

]]> 33:373499:c4927401 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:58:07 EDT <![CDATA[Music Executives Discuss Another Hair-Brained Scheme To Save The Industry]]> http://idolator.com/373499/music-executives-discuss-another-hair+brained-scheme-to-save-the-industry#c4925577 Seriously, why don't you just subscribe to Napster? OK, maybe the model isn't quite perfect yet, but I can see where it's headed and it is a much better solution than taxing the world and socializing the music business. Jim Griffin's socialized model is such a bad idea on so many levels I don't know where to begin.

wyly

]]> 33:373499:c4925577 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:03:53 EDT <![CDATA[Music Executives Discuss Another Hair-Brained Scheme To Save The Industry]]> http://idolator.com/373499/music-executives-discuss-another-hair+brained-scheme-to-save-the-industry#c4924466 Seriously. Charge me five bucks and let me just go nuts on [redacted] or let Oink come back and let's call it a day.

noamjamski

]]> 33:373499:c4924466 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:12:31 EDT <![CDATA[Music Executives Discuss Another Hair-Brained Scheme To Save The Industry]]> http://idolator.com/373499/music-executives-discuss-another-hair+brained-scheme-to-save-the-industry#c4919387 i have a rudimentary knowledge of google and i would gladly pay 5 bucks a month for this service. i could steal blow pops from bodegas easily too, but i don't because they are reasonably priced.

oh, and stealing is wrong, mm'kay?

GhostOfDuane

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