Music industry wants Apple and Amazon to pay up
Computerworld Blogs - Macintosh & Apple —
... for you to listen to a song for free, but a way to decide whether you want to buy a particular song. If the music publishers want Apple to fork over money for those snippets, then one of two things will happen: iTunes prices will go up or the thirty-second samples will disappear. Both would result in fewer song sales, and even smaller royalty checks going to the music industry. Pay me for radio streaming A creaky old feature on iTunes is radio listings that allow you to listen to radio stations over the Internet . Quite frankly, I've always found this to be a terrible ...
Music industry wants Apple, Amazon to pay up
Macworld —
... a way for you to listen to a song for free, but a way to decide whether you want to buy a particular song. If the music publishers want Apple to fork over money for those snippets, then one of two things will happen: iTunes prices will go up or the 30-second samples will disappear. Both would result in fewer song sales, and even smaller royalty checks going to the music industry. Pay me for radio streaming A creaky old feature on iTunes is radio listings that allow you to listen to radio stations over the Internet . Quite frankly, I’ve always found this to be a terrible ...

