You gotta
love this! Musicians including those under contract with Sony are going ahead
and presenting their music over the iTunes store in Japan that just opened. Even
though the iTunes service debuted last week and even though over 1 million
tracks have been sold already, Sony still hasn't gotten around to sign up.
Hence, the revolt.
 Rock
musician Motoharu Sano, who has a recording contract with Sony, is making
some of his songs available on iTunes, according to his official Web
page.
"It is an individual's freedom where that
person chooses to listen to music. I want to deliver my music wherever my
listeners are," Sano was quoted as saying by Japan's top business daily
Nihon Keizai Shimbun Wednesday.
Amuse Inc., an agent for some of Japan's
most popular artists, is also thinking about joining iTunes. The company,
which pushes musicians signed not only with Sony but also others, had
initially decided against signing with iTunes.
"But we are considering joining in the
future," Amuse spokeswoman Kyoko Ijichi said Wednesday. "We want to do
what users want."
Eddy Cue, Apple vice president of
applications, acknowledged earlier this week that more work is needed to
sign additional record companies for the Japanese
service. |
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Source: BusinessWeek
