iTunes Music Store: resistance is futile

By Scott McNulty

The Associated Press says the writing is on the wall: either your music is available on iTunes or you're irrelevant. The article points out that several artists that were resistant to having their music available online have given in (and flagging CD sales aren't helping).

However, there are still holdouts including Kid Rock and the Beatles. Why don't they want consumers to have more options? There are many reasons, though the article cites:

  • Piracy (which CD's really don't stop)
  • Not wanting people to only buy one track (you must respect the album and not get the one good song without all the crappy ones)
  • Small profits from online sales

Will we see the Beatles catalog available on the iTunes Music Store? Perhaps when I'm 64 (get it? Aww, come on that was funny).

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