http://www.saunderslog.com/2007/02/11/think-youtube-steve-think-youtube/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=think-youtube-steve-think-youtube An outcome-driven leader, proven technology product developer, and marketer with over 20 years of hands-on experience including start-up, small and large business environments, and the board room. This is my blog. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:15:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.saunderslog.com/2007/02/11/think-youtube-steve-think-youtube/#comment-4536 Signal to Noise » Reaction to Indy iTunes Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:34:05 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/02/11/think-youtube-steve-think-youtube/#comment-4536 [...] Regarding my suggestion that Apple should use iTunes to transform the indy music scene, the reaction was varied, vocal, and very mixed. Alec Saunders likes the idea and provides some good feedback: Ted’s proposal is just the sort of inspired lunacy, the zig to Microsoft’s DRM zag, that Apple ought to embrace. Let people upload their own music and share the profits from downloads with them. iTunes has more market power than you think, Steve. What would happen if iTunes became the indy “label” of choice? [...] [...] Regarding my suggestion that Apple should use iTunes to transform the indy music scene, the reaction was varied, vocal, and very mixed. Alec Saunders likes the idea and provides some good feedback: Ted’s proposal is just the sort of inspired lunacy, the zig to Microsoft’s DRM zag, that Apple ought to embrace. Let people upload their own music and share the profits from downloads with them. iTunes has more market power than you think, Steve. What would happen if iTunes became the indy “label” of choice? [...]

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