This "problem" is all created by the record companies anyway.
All they have to do is control themselves. Don't sell the new, hot singles on iTunes.
Just Wait. Problem solved.
The record companies really want that iTunes money *now* though, and since they really are greedy, they don't want to wait to sell the hot tunes.
And that's Apple's advantage. And Jobs is smart enough to know it.
The record companies also know deep down inside that most of their hot singles aren't worth a damn when the "heat" and media attention wears off, so if they do wait to sell them on iTunes, they won't sell as many anyway.
These aren't "timeless" classics for the most part. Most of these "hot" pop tunes are crap. If the record companies wait a year to release a "hot" tune like Jessica Simpson's "These Boots are Made For Walkin,'" very few suckers are going to buy it. Most music fans will go back to Nancy Sinatra's classic version of that song after the heat and promotion wears off.
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This "problem" is all created by the record companies anyway.
All they have to do is control themselves. Don't sell the new, hot singles on iTunes.
Just Wait. Problem solved.
The record companies really want that iTunes money *now* though, and since they really are greedy, they don't want to wait to sell the hot tunes.
And that's Apple's advantage. And Jobs is smart enough to know it.
The record companies also know deep down inside that most of their hot singles aren't worth a damn when the "heat" and media attention wears off, so if they do wait to sell them on iTunes, they won't sell as many anyway.
These aren't "timeless" classics for the most part. Most of these "hot" pop tunes are crap. If the record companies wait a year to release a "hot" tune like Jessica Simpson's "These Boots are Made For Walkin,'" very few suckers are going to buy it. Most music fans will go back to Nancy Sinatra's classic version of that song after the heat and promotion wears off.
Jobs is smart enough to know this, too.