Australians miss out on iTunes price cut


	Australians miss out on iTunes price cut

tabsey

10-17-2007 6:20 AM

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music, economics

tabsey says:

Apple can control the market prices, not the market telling Apple what they want. Strange concept.

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almost 25 per cent to 99 US cents each, in line with what Amazon
charges for songs on its new online music store, launched in the US
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