Could there be a P. Diddy phone soon, or a Bad Boy online music store for mobile downloads?
Hey, man, I can’t tell you all my secrets. But we understand the value of the industry in this space. We have a community. And where this wireless space is going is a full-fledged lifestyle network. I’m a creator of music content, and I have a catalogue of music that is an expression of this community and these times. Q: Downloading music from the Net costs about $1 per song. Do you think it should be more for sending music to phones? A: Oh, yeah. One dollar for a single doesn’t make sense. The record industry pays the cost of the CD and the cost of the manufacturing. But the record industry has been scared to death that [piracy would dominate] and they wouldn’t get anything, so they decided to take some money rather than get no money. I can understand when we were happy to get a dollar, but as the technology catches up and as the wireless business catches up to tech, I hope things will even out. [Charging more] is not in any way to overcharge the customer. It’s just to do whatever is
