iTunes Store Shutdown Feared

Would they close it entirely? I use it for podcasts mainly as it's great for that! I can't imagine them paying for the bandwidth, support if they aren't making money off songs anymore.
 
so if the iTunes store closes where will all the thousands of people that use it for music and tv episodes go?

If anythin the closure will just encourage more illegal downloading. personally i think that the iTunes store has showed people that digital distribution can be good and reasonably cheap (ok maybe we get raped on prices compared to the US but in general at least its cheap). I use the US iTunes my self to get a lot of TV shows etc and I dont mind paying $1.99 a show or $2.99 for a show in HD at all if it means I can get the show easily and avoid annoying letters from virginmedia complaining I'm downloading illegally, with the potential of being sued eventually by the RIAA or someone in the future. Im sure there are others that feel the same way

Basically the Copyright Royalty Board and anyone else involved in this would be shooting them selves in the foot by forcing the iTunes store to close. As that article said, they risk the general public boycoting the record labels...I guess a lot of them may turn to illegal downloading??
 
I've bought a few songs, I don't need higher bit rate, my iphone and speakers would hardly benefit from slightly higher bitrates personally, I understand the reasoning behind not buying music due to this. I tend to buy full CD albums and occasionally indulge in a one of song I may have heard.
 
Poweredge said:
The way I see it, it'd actually prove to be a good thing for the consumer in the long run.
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Surely it would not though? The iTunes store sells songs cheaply (ok they make money but not huge amounts) so that they can sell masses of ipods. iTunes store holds 85% of the digital sales market and so anyone wanting to compete has to offer it at either the same price or cheaper. If Apple claim that they wont be raising the price of songs then good on them! The record labels are the greedy ****s anyway!
 
It's just typical Apple sabre-rattling. I own both a MacBook Pro and a 160GB iPod classic, and like the products, but I am getting to really dislike the way they do business these days. The secretive and controlling approach is gradually eroding all the goodwill they had.
 
Doesn't bother me if it closes, i've never used it. Now, all i care about is what they're going to do with my credit card information that they forced me to give before i could use my iPod.
 
I just spotted this in that article:

David Israelite said:
"I think we established a case for an increase in the royalties," said David Israelite, president of the NMPA.

"Apple may want to sell songs cheaply to sell iPods. We don't make a penny on the sale of an iPod."
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Followed by:

RIAA said:
The Recording Industry Association of America said sales of digital songs and albums rose 46% last year to $1.2bn (£652m).
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Lawl. Yes, you must increase prices to account for the 46% growth in sales via your disributors. That makes perfect sense.
 
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Poweredge said:
Not good news for some, but if they do shut it, I'll be quietly laughing to myself every time I see an iPod walk by. :)
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Why?

I have an iPod - but never use the iTunes Music Store.

They don't go hand in hand they just compliment each other - I just buy my music on CD and rip it.

Rich
 
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