[Marxism] Note on Itunes from a lurker

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

You might make Mr. Oliveira aware of the fact that the iTMS in fact
*does* have a program for individual artists to publish their work on
the iTMS without going through a label (though they also deal with
indie labels):

https://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZLabel.woa/wo/5.0.5.1.11

The hoop count seems low.  As the iTMS has been noisy about wanting
people to publish their content there, I would expect the process to
be relatively quick and painless.  Caveat:  I have no direct experience
of this, not being a musician.  YMMV.

[I might also suggest a gentle reminder that the diagnostic test of a
monopoly is whether it can raise prices without altering demand, and
that in an environment that has an ever-growing number of file-sharing
networks without *any* price attached other than that of bandwidth,
it is highly unlikely that the iTMS passes that test.  That would
probably be too close to a provocation, though.  >;->]


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