"Tunecore will charge just $31 a year in upfront fees to handle a 10-track CD from pressing to delivery, passing all other costs through to the buyer. In other words, the service promises to remove nearly all of the risks of short-run CD manufacturing, which can cost musicians hundreds or even thousands of dollars for discs that rarely sell enough to cover expenses."

"Time Warner Cable is pulling the plug on its plan to charge its broadband customers by the byte in four U.S. cities, ending a controversial experiment that critics said would harm internet innovation and customer pocketbooks."

Innovation rather than stagnation — what's the music world coming to?

«"I think the actual market clearing price of 90 percent of the inventory is free, and that they could do a better job of bundling packages of 100-200 songs for $5 to $10," said Ashcroft.»

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