On the contrary! eMusic is widely known among Indie artists as the world’s second largest retailer in music downloads. Now that iTunes is making some headway into the Independent arena, what is eMusic to do? You might think increasing their price would be a good move. After all, eMusic caters to Indie artists who in many cases are in greater need of sales and promotion. By appeasing to the artists, they could increase their product line. On the other hand, by lowering prices, they would be favorable to the customers. With prices right that have ranged around the 25 cent margin, many suspect that both the labels and artists should be prepared for their ship to sink. Some suspect that eMusic was preparing to sell out, and simply doing everything possible to increase their subscriber base beforehand. (…)
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