Comments on: Music Creators Want Apple to Pay for iTunes Song Samples

By: Lang Agerton

Lang Agerton — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:20:44 +0000

Great article, I loved it!

By: Omari James

Omari James — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:56:22 +0000

Ww, they just tryna get every lil nickel and dime.

By: Rrrichie

Rrrichie — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:59:33 +0000

In the old days you'd go to the counter and you'd be able listen to the cd or LP. Did the store pay the artist for that?

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:52:37 +0000

The ONLY way I will buy an albumn is if I can hear samples first. I buy all of my music only after I've heard something of the artists music. If the music appeals to me then I buy it. I will NEVER buy music in any other way. If I have to pay to hear a sample of music or the cost to buy an albumn goes up due to this absurd idea then the artists can kiss my @#%! It will only encourage more free sharing of music between individuals to defray the cost of getting it in the first place!

By: Gal

Gal — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:48:43 +0000

in that case I want $ for very sample I listen to and did not buy. They owe me 30 sec of my life back. And apple should charge the artist in turn for bandwith etc. Total joke

By: Michael Denney

Michael Denney — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:14:34 +0000

Ridiculous........ Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.

By: Betito

Betito — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:36:25 +0000

This reminds me of a story I read last month where the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers was suing AT&T because they consider a ringtone that goes off in a public area a public performance and want to be compensated as such. It's double dipping, plain and simple

By: TonyPatron

TonyPatron — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:17:08 +0000

This sound like it's just in line with the tax they want radio stations To pay for broadcasting the songs.

By: Keith

Keith — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:55:20 +0000

Someone should find a list of these "artists" and post it so we can leave them some "feedback".

By: iPhoneMilk

iPhoneMilk — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:44:10 +0000

Something tells me this was Kanye's idea.

By: Elric

Elric — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:11:53 +0000

"well, your music sucks and no one purchased any of it this month, but here's a big fat cheque for everyone that hated your shit"

If this makes sense to you, you are a complete retard.

By: JayRell

JayRell — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:59:38 +0000

This is just straight foolishness!!! If they feel they aren't making enough money, quit signing all these garbage ass artists that don't sound worth anything. They're just mad cuz the one hit wonder they signed album didn't put out like thought. Cut your losses and move on.

By: Rusty

Rusty — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:47:51 +0000

I would say this sounds so rediculous I almost dont believe it.

By: Christin

Christin — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:35:51 +0000

Absurd! I would not buy half the music I do if it weren't for the samples!

By: Danny

Danny — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:08:53 +0000

So where next, Amazon, Play? The list is endless! Remove the samples and see how quickly they change their mind on viewing the results of lost revenue!

By: Wayne

Wayne — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:52:00 +0000

I was just singing in the shower. Hey, RIAA, come and get me for some royalty!!

By: xerocool

xerocool — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:35:26 +0000

I say if these guys want to double dip, and are stupid enough to not realize that they are getting free advertising for songs some people have never heard of, then apple should just be like "Well if were ripping you off how about we just remove all your titles from our store, see how much money you make then"

By: jbkilluh

jbkilluh — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:20:44 +0000

wow thats the stupidest thing ive ever heard.. if apple could afford it, i would say they should just cut out all the samples and let the drop in sales affect big music. then just laugh..

idiots..

By: T Hodges

T Hodges — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:12:25 +0000

What's that old saying? Don't bite the hand that feeds you!

By: Matt Sawyers

Matt Sawyers — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:32:08 +0000

This only gives more reasons for people to torrent/steal music. Because if this occurs, iTunes is likely to increase the rate at some point to cover these costs and well, consumers are gonna pay (or not) for it.

By: Dragonfly

Dragonfly — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:27:33 +0000

Talk about giving your self enough rope to hang your self with! Lol, this has to be one if the most stupid things I've heard of in a long time. This is commercial suicide on the side of the artists, if they have any sense they'll backslide on this retarded idea asap.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:21:59 +0000

This is stupid.. Apple don't give theme S**t just drop the music

By: Nickel

Nickel — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:23:25 +0000

Ridiculous! Mike is right, this will only hurt record compnay sales.

By: Ivoryplum

Ivoryplum — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:57:04 +0000

Absolutely absurd. I use iTunes to preview music ALL OF THE TIME. Sometimes without knowing the band at all. It's a COMPLETE benefit to the artist/label. If anything, the label should pay iTunes for streaming that sample and giving a taste of the music. Greed disgusts me.

By: The iHelp Team

The iHelp Team — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:31:08 +0000

That is just truely retarted. For users of iTunes, and not LimeWire, or FrostWire, will probably just get rid of their iPod's then. Apple would be stupid to do this.

By: icebike

icebike — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:20:37 +0000

Apple is claiming Fair Use. So far that has stood up.

If congress changes the rules Apple has two weapons:

1) Drop any artist that refuses to waive these fees

2) Pop up a Window that says "This artist refuses to let you sample this music before you purchase", and watch all the back pedaling.

By: mikee d.

mikee d. — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:13:17 +0000

apple needs to give them all the finger, tell 'em to s uck it!, and give everything for free.

then hold a conference claiming it was all just a glitch and they can't figure out what's going on.

By: HungWell

HungWell — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:12:05 +0000

Fortunately, there is no way that Apple will cave to this stupidity.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:08:51 +0000

Sorry, that's just idiotic. They'd be shooting themselves in the foot and lose sales.

What's next, no free taste samples at the ice cream store? They'll charge you to try on shoes before purchasing?

Apple should stop offering samples for 2 weeks and show the artists what it does to sales.

By: Ijeffro

Ijeffro — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:05:54 +0000

That's just crazy