I stated that Apple might benefit, and neither of us know of Apple's position on this<span style="line-height:1.4em;">, but as you say Google and Amazon, et al are doing the dirty work.</span>
Publicly doing the dirty work I might add. But nice attempt at trying to drag Apple through the mud.<span style="line-height:1.4em;"> </span>
Thru the mud?? Apparently you think none of the companies should have legitimate concerns about any of the licensing, royalty, and rights efforts going on? That's the only way I can see you thinking it's dragging someone thru the mud.
FWIW I think you can download playlists to over your smartphone over wifi on Google Music to avoid streaming costs. Download now, listen later.
What confuses me is how GOOG was able to get the licenses in place a year ago (and in dozens of countries) but Apple is having trouble doing so. They are both subscription and they'll be in the same price range too if the Apple rumored price is correct.. Anyone got an idea why the negotiations are a problem? Is Apple low-balling the content owners? Is it something else? Maybe there's no problem anyway and this is just a bogus rumor.
It could be that Google doesn't have as much negotiating power as Apple and when the record companies say jump Google says how high.
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FWIW I think you can download playlists to over your smartphone over wifi on Google Music to avoid streaming costs. Download now, listen later.
What confuses me is how GOOG was able to get the licenses in place a year ago (and in dozens of countries) but Apple is having trouble doing so. They are both subscription and they'll be in the same price range too if the Apple rumored price is correct.. Anyone got an idea why the negotiations are a problem? Is Apple low-balling the content owners? Is it something else? Maybe there's no problem anyway and this is just a bogus rumor.
It could be that Google doesn't have as much negotiating power as Apple and when the record companies say jump Google says how high.