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A new poll indicates that most internet consumers are not interested in buying movies online - or at least not paying US$9.99 for a movie through iTunes as proposed by Apple Computer.
The question posed in the iTWire online poll was simply: "Would you pay
$9.99 for a movie download?" While the response sample of just under
300 was quite small, an overwhelming majority of 80.6% answered no,
while just 19.4% answered yes.
Apple CEO Steven Jobs, who has a close association with Disney because
of its acquisition of Pixar, has been lobbying Hollywood to get on
board his vision of selling movies through iTunes for the single-tier
price of $9.99. Apple's success in getting music companies to
reluctantly accept Jobs' 99c per music track pricing is serving as a
model for the push into movie downloads.
Like music companies, movie companies are resisting the idea of one
price fits all movie downloads. However, the movie companies may have a
better case for protecting their turf. They need to maintain their
relationships with cinema chains, the value lifecycle for movies is
different than music, the quality of movie downloads is questionable
and the movie watching public generally do not buy movies to keep.
David Bass
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