http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/03/20/class-action-antitrust-suit-against-major-record-labels/ any technology distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:32:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/03/20/class-action-antitrust-suit-against-major-record-labels/comment-page-1/#comment-2153 robhyndman.com » Blog Archive » More on the iTunes Pricing Negotiations Sat, 22 Apr 2006 11:43:25 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/03/20/class-action-antitrust-suit-against-major-record-labels/#comment-2153 [...] The NY Post is reporting that Apple is not budging on its price negotiations with the music labels, and that the labels may well have blinked. It’s beginning to look like none of the labels have the confidence or nerve to unilaterally raise their wholesale pricing, or the foresight to create their own online distribution systems. Perhaps this is because of the price-fixing investigations and class action litigation, but in any event, it means that, for a while at least, they’ll likely be trapped where travel providers were after that business went online - captive to the first guys to successfully stand in between the industry and its customers. Just ask Stu how that worked out. [...] [...] The NY Post is reporting that Apple is not budging on its price negotiations with the music labels, and that the labels may well have blinked. It’s beginning to look like none of the labels have the confidence or nerve to unilaterally raise their wholesale pricing, or the foresight to create their own online distribution systems. Perhaps this is because of the price-fixing investigations and class action litigation, but in any event, it means that, for a while at least, they’ll likely be trapped where travel providers were after that business went online – captive to the first guys to successfully stand in between the industry and its customers. Just ask Stu how that worked out. [...]

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