Lets get one thing straight – I love The Clash. I love The Sex Pistols. I love Leonard Cohen and I love 90% of the work by The Strokes and Springsteen. These are the artist’s eMusic CEO and Chairman Danny Stein trotted out to brace current subscribers on the upcoming changes to their existing plans. (I thought it odd that he failed to mention Alicia Keys and the Dixie Chicks, despite their inevitable appearance on the highlights graphic for the “Major Catalog Expansion.”) Through some crafty nudging of the timeframes available, the company has glossed over the fact that most ardent music-lovers will now be paying almost a 400% increase per track starting this summer for the implied joy of scooping up some of these artists finest tracks, which most of you have already decided whether or not to purchase quite some time ago.
