iTunes Debuts Pass Model with Depeche Mode

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iTunes launched a new Pass model with Depeche Mode as the debut artist. Similar to the Season Pass model already available on iTunes for TV Shows, Pass for music is essentially an album subscription model that allows artists to sell products for one flat rate and then deliver them throughout a set amount of time.

So far, the model has shown promise. A recent bundle of the Beastie Boys' reissue of "Paul's Boutique," in conjunction with EMI and the technology platform Topspin, carried a range of options, from a digital album for $12 to a $120 package that included a boxed set and download. According to Topspin, only 16 percent of the resulting sales were for the cheapest option, and the average revenue per transaction topped $50.
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So let me get this straight, you pay for music, of which you don't get all of it, but instead you get the rest of this unknown music at a later date? So it could totally suck and you'd be screwed because you bought it all anyways?

Kind of sounds like CDs, except with a CD you at least get it all at once.
 
sfsuphysics said:
So let me get this straight, you pay for music, of which you don't get all of it, but instead you get the rest of this unknown music at a later date? So it could totally suck and you'd be screwed because you bought it all anyways?

Kind of sounds like CDs, except with a CD you at least get it all at once.
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Its pre released music, you cannot purchase some of the tracks yet. They are slated to be released in 2009. So whenever the new music drops, you get the songs automatically downloaded, plus content you wouldn't get if you didn't sign up for the pass. It's actually a good way to issue content...
 
Sounds like a rip off to me. Depeche Mode???!! How about some real music?
 
I'm not sure if it's the "model" more than it is that Topspin is just awesome, but I digress.
 
Oh, and, free cookies for whoever notices what I just did there...
 
AVT said:
Damn right.

Kill
Mother
Fucking
Depeche
Mode
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kmfdm is a drug against war!

in all seriousness, I like a lot of DM stuff... some remixed versions of their music is pretty awesome...
 
I like the Spotify model... unlimited streaming music for free (with ads) or for a small monthly fee with no ads, and you can play any song you like at any time. If there was a way to use it on a portable device as a regular mp3 player, and there was a little more music available, no one would feel the need to download music illegally.

I think the music industry will find ways to make money and adapt to the new technology eventually. The effort is slowed down by the RIAA and others who are trying to stop or even reverse the evolution of technology (in addition to suing the h*ll out of single mums, the elderly and the deceased). No laws or regulations in the world can artificially keep a market alive if there isn't sufficient demand for the product. People just don't want to pay $18 for a plastic disc with one or two good songs on it these days.
 
stop!theradio said:
How about quit throwing around an opinion as if it's fact?
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It is a fact.

It just highlights what is wrong with the music industry.
All they want to do is push the garbage that they have absolute control over for maximum profit.
 
Hofy said:
It is a fact.

It just highlights what is wrong with the music industry.
All they want to do is push the garbage that they have absolute control over for maximum profit.
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Yeah, sure, it's a fact.

Get real, dude...LMAO!
 
Apple once again completely and utterly fails to catch up to, or even come close to, Zune Marketplace.

Let's see what I got for my $14.99 last month...
- 24 full length albums including bonus tracks.
- 83 individual tracks outside of these albums.
- 12 tracks with absolutely no DRM at all.
- 4 Channels of music I (might) find interesting, updated regularly with new tracks.
- The ability to listen to a track in it's entirety without having to download or buy it first.

... explain to me again why I want to prepay for an album that I can't even preview?
 
Still like the Allofmp3 model. Let the user choose the quality and pricing.

One of the faults of iTunes model is that a 4:30 song costs 0.99, a 2 minute song costs 0.99 and 30 second song costs 0.99
 
I do use iTunes on occasion by the way.....it is very convient downloading remotely on my ipod and then automatically uploading to iTunes.
 
Moldmaker said:
What exactly is a fact? You said it "sounds like a rip off" and that it's not "real music."

Fact: Depeche Mode has sold more than 75,000,000 albums according to ITN.
http://itn.co.uk/news/ce68a1056cfcee1b20e22bdea0454786.html

There you go, fact stated with the source noted. Wasn't very hard... you might try it some time.
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The more albums are sold, the less it can be called "real music."

As an example, allow me to point you toward any rap group with high album sales.
 
AVT said:
The more albums are sold, the less it can be called "real music."
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We get your point - but man, honestly, you're starting to sound full of yourself. What you said right there just sounds ridiculous. It's all opinion, man. YOU may think it's not "real music" (whatever the hell that means), but while you don't, you are sorely outnumbered by the millions of people who DO think it's "real music".

...and, for the record, no - I don't listen to Depeche Mode, nor can I even name a single title of their library, I'm just stating the TRUTH. The truth being that you are STILL throwing your opinion around as if it's fact.
 
AVT said:
The more albums are sold, the less it can be called "real music."

As an example, allow me to point you toward any rap group with high album sales.
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Let me get this straight... you're claiming that as a band's popularity grows, the less "real" their music becomes?

While I'm afraid to ask what you consider "real" music, I'm far too curious. Who do you listen to?
 
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