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Originally Posted by chucker
That's the one thing. The other is, as Steve has recently pointed out, that people often can't be bothered to rip their CDs. Depending on how well-organized you are, the time and effort required may easily exceed the 99 cents for a song. (Think about it: how much money can you make in the twenty minutes it takes to find some 'rusty' old disc in the attic?)
And even if you don't agree that it can be quite economical, you can't deny that many people simply are too lazy. The iTunes Store is all about convenience; the instant nature of "hey, I wanna hear this song right now". You wouldn't go to the retail store. You wouldn't look for it in the attic. You would, however, search for it in the store, wait a minute to have it downloaded, then play. It cuts the barrier of purchase so low that many just don't think about it any more.
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And they may choose to re-master any Beatles album into a more "iPod-friendly" balance. Some modern re-releases or compilations have been extensively re-mastered in order to reduce things like dynamic range. A large dynamic range (the difference between quiet and loud bits in a track) doesn't necessarily suit environments where there is background noise where you might be using an iPod (such as in the car, walking in public, public transport, etc etc).