[Nifster]

Why not moan and groan about the millionaire artists? Apple is giving a free trial period for folks to see if they like it. The artists do they same thing with snippets and previews and other ‘promotional’ stuff.

Sorry Taylor Swift that you can’t earn even more money for a few weeks

[Drew68]

Sorry Taylor Swift that you can’t earn even more money for a few weeks

Would you give away three months of your labor for free?

Sure, Swift can afford to give hers away, She's worth $200 million and climbing. But why should she?

[kingu]

Apple & the music companies are giving away three months of plays that would normally generate royalties. I think both are in the wrong here - streaming services cannibalize music sales (both digital and physical), so Apple's taking a pretty good risk with a good chunk of the iTunes store here, and the music companies are gambling that somehow long term streaming income will mean more than sales of music. And above all, indie artists will have to go cup in hand to Apple, as I'm sure that streaming will be a virtual requirement for iTunes sales (if not now, very soon in the future.)

All in all, I don't know if this will be good or bad for the industry. I'll just keep selling CDs on eBay and hope for the best.

[Cronos]

true for Taylor, but what about less wealthy musicians?