The world is abuzz with talk of Apple and EMI’s DRM free deal. Sounds like a step forward for the music industry, but it got me to thinking–is non-DRM music worth a nearly 30% premium in price?
Let me do some math here…
1,000 songs purchased with DRM from the iTunes store = $990.
1,000 songs purchased without DRM from the iTunes store = $1,290.
The difference in price = $300.
$990 / $15 per CD = 66 CDs.
$300 / $15 per CD = 20 CDs.
Average number of songs per CD = 12.
12 songs X 86 CDs = 1,032 songs.
Call me crazy, but I’ll still buy the 86 CDs and rip the 1,032 MP3s myself to put on any device I want.
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It’s 1000 songs you want verses 1000 songs you may only want about 30% of.
the previous comment is true enough, but what do you do when your technology breaks. I’ll still have my 86 CDs :)
PhoneBoy is totally right. I listened to the press conference and according to Steve Jobs, singles will be $1.29 but the album prices won’t grow. Hmmm…maybe the format of the “album” won’t die after all…
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