response 5 of 102:

Jan 13 21:28 UTC 2004

I think at Macworld last week, Steve Jobs announced that over 30 million songs
had been dowloaded. So certainly, some people are buying songs now.

I've purchased two songs from Apple's music store, and was relatively
impressed with it. Though, I think reducing the prices would help
substantially. 

As it stands now, the going rates are $0.99/song or $9.99/album. For two or
three dollars more, I can buy a CD at Best Buy that isn't AAC compressed, and
comes with liner notes and album art. 

If the prices dropped to a level where I'd see real value in downloading vs.
buying retail, I'd jump on it. And it would seem that Wal-Mart may help make
that happen. They're poised to open their own music store, with plans to sell
songs for $0.88 and albums for $8.88.