iTunes accounting for 1/4 of all U.S. music sales

Streaming could be cool. But I think if Itunes really wants to attract everyone they need to offer mp3's. It sucks if I pay for a song just to have to transcode to an mp3 to use on a different player. At that point your are left with a overly compressed piece of garbage. Right now I purchase from amazon. But if Itunes would ever offer mp3, they would get all of my business. Purchasing on Itunes is very nice and convenient. Whenever, if ever Itunes goes the mp3 route, I don't think shopping at Amazon will even be an option anymore.

I would buy more songs if they where still 99 cents.

I tend to agree with the previous post. For years before Itunes et al we HAD to buy a whole album whether it be analog or digital. This is pay back time more or less as the music companies are just going to have to do with less revenues. What goes around comes around.

My favorite argument is that iTunes is killing the album- uh, NO- I just don't have to spend $15 because I want 1 song. The industry jacked us for years, and now we (consumers) get to choose and select exactly what we want. All that filler music we were paying for is no longer being bought, of course their revenue is down!

Note to music industry CEOs: Make music that doesn't suck and your revenue will increase.

If the music industry would put out decent music again, they may have something to sell.

If there would be any talented people in the pop industry these days they might actually sell some more records. Grmph, that sentence just made me feel old

I'd be fine with a subscription service. It would probably encourage me to download more from iTunes than I already do. The only catch would be if the music was "rented". No way I'm paying a subscription fee for music that could become useless!