Hi Zerospinboson,
The text Bernie referred above was written by me. Thanks for your feedback, I'll try to be more objective when writing next time.
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In Brazil, music market is very different from US and others. Music piracy through MP3 is so high that, many times, recording companies achieve more profits selling shows and tours, instead of CD's or music over Internet. I tried to get a point on this, but I really tought that iTunes was not-so-successfull until it started to sell music without DRM - apparently, as you say, I got the wrong way.
The article meant, not to propose anything about new business models for e-books and authors, but to comment about the Brazilian Chamber of Books views about those models and compare it to the current e-book market. Next time I'll be more carefull.
Thanks again.
Eduardo Melo
editoraplus.org