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2007-08-08

Good Idea


"Amazon recently closed a Series A financing deal with Amiestreet.com, a startup selling DRM-free MP3s with a demand-based pricing model. All music starts out free, and prices increase for popular tracks. Jeff Blackburn, Senior Vice President for Business Development, Amazon.com. 'The idea of having customers directly influence the price of songs is an interesting and novel approach to selling digital music.' What does this mean for Amazon's own intentions to sell music?"

Finally, someone came up with a good idea. I like this one. I hope it catches on. This is a feedback pricing structure. Obscure tracks will be inexpensive and those crap songs that every one has to have right now because their anorexic friend told them to will cost a fortune. It is a natural progressive loop that will force the guns and butter balance of the music continuum. That and it just makes sense.

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