Comments on: How not to think about music, Part XVII

By: Lance Ulanoff’s death spiral has begun - - mathewingram.com/work

Lance Ulanoff’s death spiral has begun - - mathewingram.com/work — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:25:47 +0000

[...] digital-rights management and music not that long ago, which I also wrote a post about and called “staggeringly dense.” A commenter took me to task for that — and other things — but I’m going to stick [...]

By: Vincent Clement

Vincent Clement — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:09:49 +0000

Cost does not equal price. In a competitive market, it's hard to justify a high price when MC is at or near zero. Other competitors will just undercut your price, which will drive the price towards zero.

By: mathewi

mathewi — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:14:01 +0000

Thanks, Chris — it's true that the American Heritage dictionary (and the
Webster's) admit that both can be used, but I think they have weakened on
that point in part because people continually use the words interchangeably
when they actually mean different things. Stanch means to stop the flow and
staunch means dependable — two different meanings, two different words.
I'm sticking to my guns.

By: Vincent Clement

Vincent Clement — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:09:49 +0000

By: mathewi

mathewi — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:14:01 +0000