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Comment 44 for bug 528910

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Jan Claeys (janc) wrote : Re: [Bug 528910] Re: 7digital is named Ubuntu One Music Store

Op woensdag 03-03-2010 om 07:30 uur [tijdzone +0000], schreef Sense
Hofstede:
> You can already buy the codecs from the Ubuntu store,
> <http://shop.canonical.com/index.php?cPath=19>. However, $0,99 is not
> a reasonable price, it is just not doable to sell the license for so
> little money. The full playback license costs $39.95.

Actually, the standard license cost[1] for an MP3-decoder seems to be
0.75 USD / unit sold. Of course that doesn't include operational costs
for a webshop, the red tape costs, etc., but less than 5 USD should
certainly be possible?

[1] http://mp3licensing.com/royalty/

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Jan Claeys