Hollywood studios fear iTunes

Amazon’s move into movie downloading demonstrates that Apple, which dominates digital music, will have a fight on its hands if it is to achieve the same with film.
Apple’s problem is that it has frightened most of the Hollywood studios by achieving a three-quarters share of music downloading, giving it power over the future of the music industry.
The iPod manufacturer insists that all songs on an album are on sale individually — a major boost for sales of single tracks, now at a record high, but depressing album sales, where the...
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