Gilda

I think Itunes must have my house bugged. Every time I say to Grace or Sissy, "Hey, I think I'm going to download __________ from Itunes, and I'll go on and it's there, but it's "album only" or "season only".

Two weeks ago, it was "When She Loved Me" from the Toy Story 2 soundtrack. If you want it, you have to buy the whole album for $9.99. Disney's movie soundtracks are like this all over the place. The one or two songs you might actually want are "album only" and all the crap nobody care about is $.99 a pop.

Last week, I decided I liked a couple of the songs from the Transamerica soundtrack. Both of them "album only" including Travelin' Through.

Today I go on looking for Aeon Flux shorts. I don't care about the 30 minute full length episodes, I just want the shorts that ran as a part of Liquid Television, the little silent espionage thrillers that have Aeon being killed at the end of every episode, then back alive the next with no explanation. The full length episodes are a big step down in enterrainment value.

What do I find? The shorts are "season only" and the longer episodes available individually. And here I thought the whole purpose of services like Itunes was to provide a convenient way to share individual songs to reduce piracy. I'd happily pay a dollar each for Travelin Through, When She Loved Me, and the Six Aeon Flux shorts, giving Itunes a good $8 right there, but I'm not paying $45 for them, $10 for the two albums and $25 for the season set of Aeon Flux. Even at $1.99 for the shorts, that'd be $14 they'd get, which I'd be happy with.

It makes little sense to me. By setting it up this way, they're just driving customers like me away and losing money. Allowing for individual purchase or season sets means that they'd be getting me buying the individual items and those who want the whole season/album buying that. They get the best of both worlds.

Gilda