-of songs at even the very high price of 99 cents a song. (At 99 cents, the
-cost is the equivalent of a per-song CD price, though the labels have
-none of the costs of a CD to pay.) Apple's move was countered by Real
-Networks, offering music at just 79 cents a song. And no doubt there
-will be a great deal of competition to offer and sell music on-line.
-</para>
-<para>
-This competition has already occurred against the background of
-"free" music from p2p systems. As the sellers of cable television have
-known for thirty years, and the sellers of bottled water for much more
-than that, there is nothing impossible at all about "competing with
-free." Indeed, if anything, the competition spurs the competitors to
- offer
-new and better products. This is precisely what the competitive
-market was to be about. Thus in Singapore, though piracy is rampant,
-movie theaters are often luxurious—with "first class" seats, and meals
-served while you watch a movie—as they struggle and succeed in
- finding
-ways to compete with "free."
+of songs at even the very high price of 99 cents a song. (At 99 cents,
+the cost is the equivalent of a per-song CD price, though the labels
+have none of the costs of a CD to pay.) Apple's move was countered by
+Real Networks, offering music at just 79 cents a song. And no doubt
+there will be a great deal of competition to offer and sell music
+on-line.
+</para>
+<para>
+This competition has already occurred against the background of "free"
+music from p2p systems. As the sellers of cable television have known
+for thirty years, and the sellers of bottled water for much more than
+that, there is nothing impossible at all about "competing with free."
+Indeed, if anything, the competition spurs the competitors to offer
+new and better products. This is precisely what the competitive market
+was to be about. Thus in Singapore, though piracy is rampant, movie
+theaters are often luxurious—with "first class" seats, and meals
+served while you watch a movie—as they struggle and succeed in
+finding ways to compete with "free."