Apple had threatened to shutter its iTunes service if royalty rates on downloaded songs went up, but it didn’t happen. A brief AP article notes that the royalty rates were left unchanged for digital downloads and CDs — 9.1 cents per song.
Meanwhile, a writer over at the Motley Fool calls BS on the idea that Apple would ever have shut down iTunes, and explains why. A commenter disagrees, saying Apple could take a short-term revenue hit.
