Andrew Orlowski from the Register makes some very good points about the future of music sales. Like everyone else, he's strong on the doom and gloom and weak on the decisive answers, but we he does say is good. It's time to start pushing services and value-added, and time to start dropping those licenses. The music biz needs to look at why google is scaring MS and Yahoo. Google is making real money by getting better and doing more for less, while MS and Yahoo are trying to make their money by restricting people, making them pay more for less.

This is why I'm paying for a quality service from allofmp3.com, and not sponsering yet another pop-idol program. When I see a fast, easy to use, comprehensive and cheap online music store open from a British retailer, I'll be right back. When the music industry becomes Google instead of microsoft, they'll be getting my money.

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