>>First, the music industry will try and charge you the same price or even more than a CD for such an album. It's cheap to make Cd's as well but that doesn't stop them charging $18 for one! <<
Fact: When you pay retail price for a CD, you are paying not for the CD itself, but for the content, which can be very expensive for the record label. Did you know that fewer than 1 in 20 music acts ever make the production and marketing money back for the record company, let alone score a profit? Record companie face declining overall CD sales due to piracy. CD album sales were up only 1% last year (average yearly increase has been 15%), and music singles sales were DOWN 47%! But Dataplay offers the first secure retail method of buying major label music. The record companies may be willing to put up with a slimmer margin to see how the secure method of distribution pans out.
>>Second, a way will be found to unlock those albums,<<
Perhaps, but Dataplay is better than anything right now when you factor in form factor size, price, optical tech, and industry support. We'll see how it turns out. 500MB on a quarter size disc is pretty cool.
*I doubt that the 5th major music label, Sony, will have anything to do with Dataplay. It competes directly with Sony's Minidisc. |
