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Old 05-13-2009, 08:11 PM
Jason Dunn
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Originally Posted by Janak Parekh View Post
For what it is worth: Napster tried this exact same argument years ago. In fact, they put out a Superbowl ad. It failed horribly.
Markets change - consumers change. Five years ago only hardcore geeks wanted touch-screen phones. Now everyone is chasing the touch-screen phone market...

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Originally Posted by Janak Parekh View Post
Hey! I'm 31 and I've been using subscription music before it even had PlaysForSure/Zune!
I think David is right in that subscription music resonates with people that don't have big CD collections. People with big CD collections - people like us Janak - care about owning music. To younger people, people who went through their teens awash in the concept that music was "free" and you could find any song you wanted with Napster, Limewire, etc. Music ownership is a very different concept to someone a decade younger than us guys in our 30s.
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