I See Your $1 Billion Offer And Raise You...
from the bidding-wars dept
Following on Napster's $1 billion offer to record labels, relatively unkown streaming media player, J. River has offered $3 billion to record labels in exchange for the digital distribution rights to their music. I think this is setting a dangerous precedent. The record labels may eventually agree to one of these - which will be impossible because the company will not actually be able to pay off the amount promised.
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