Universal pushes digital music into ugly territory

Thursday, October 25, 2007 1:00 PDT -07:00   News  


Music fans have been reacting skeptically to the announcement that Universal Music Group (UMG) is planning on launching its own iTunes killer, Total Music. UMG is stepping up and making its claim on digital music downloads, but many are asking if we really need a service like Total Music for our downloads.

CEO of Vivendi Universal SA (UMG’s parent company) Jean-Bernard Levy said recently that he was frustrated with how little money UMG makes with every song purchased from iTunes (29 cents, or one third — which seems perfectly reasonable to most people).

UMG is obviously trying to make more money launching this service, as if fans needed another reason to dislike record companies. UMG will offer free music, subsidized by an increase in the cost of MP3 players.

It seems that the music industry is once again failing to give anything to music fans, which is a major reason why people are continually turning to sites to download music from.

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