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itunes variable pricing is now in effect. i like the part about paying 69 cents for some track but the $1.29 seems a bit steep.
your thoughts?

the three rumors that are floating around right now are….
- apple branded hdtv with built in wireless connectivity and full access to itunes media. pretty much apple tv built into a hdtv. (rumor compliments of former engadget owner jason calacanis)
- blu-ray support for macbooks (compliments of kevin rose, co founder of digg, revision 3, [...]

today the copyright royalty board handed down their decision on the mechanical rate that songwriters and publisher receive from downloaded digital content. the request for the increased rate of 15 cents per song was denied and the current rate of 9.1 cents will remain.
this is great news to apple and other services that sell digital [...]

iTunes 8.0.1 improves stability and performance and provides a number of important bug fixes, including:
• Seamlessly plays the current song when creating a new Genius playlist.
• Improves syncing spoken menus to iPod nano.
• Addresses an issue of deleting HD TV episodes when downloading.
• Improves checking for updates from the App Store
• Improves accessibility with VoiceOver.
• [...]

here is a statement from apple regarding the request from the record industry for an increase in royalties. the request asks for an increase in rates from 9 cents to 15 cents a track.
apples response:
“If the iTunes music store was forced to absorb any increase in the … royalty rate, the result would be [...]