Billboard Magazine Says Music Store Downloads In First 18 Hours Are....
Brian Garrity of the Billboard Daily Bulletin (a daily two-page fax to the music industry) writes:
Apple's New iTunes Service Moving Quick Off The Mark
Observers are calling the launch of Apple Computer's digital music service the iTunes Music Store an overwhelming success. The service, which went live Monday, sold an estimated 275,000 tracks at 99 cents apiece in its first 18 hours, according to major-label sources. The feat is especially remarkable when considering that the offering is available only to the limited universe of users of Apple computers. The launch thereby sets the stage for a race between a host of media and technology companies to create and effectively promote similar services for the much bigger Microsoft-equipped PC market.
There is going to be a race to see who can get to the Windows market and start to replicate this," says the head of new media at one major label. "The question is [whether] someone else wants to put up the kind of money that Apple is to let people know they're there."
Apple says it plans to make iTunes compatible with the PC by the end of the year. Sources tell Bulletin that two major labels have already cut wholesale agreements with Apple for the Windows version of the service.
Apple's New iTunes Service Moving Quick Off The Mark
Observers are calling the launch of Apple Computer's digital music service the iTunes Music Store an overwhelming success. The service, which went live Monday, sold an estimated 275,000 tracks at 99 cents apiece in its first 18 hours, according to major-label sources. The feat is especially remarkable when considering that the offering is available only to the limited universe of users of Apple computers. The launch thereby sets the stage for a race between a host of media and technology companies to create and effectively promote similar services for the much bigger Microsoft-equipped PC market.
There is going to be a race to see who can get to the Windows market and start to replicate this," says the head of new media at one major label. "The question is [whether] someone else wants to put up the kind of money that Apple is to let people know they're there."
Apple says it plans to make iTunes compatible with the PC by the end of the year. Sources tell Bulletin that two major labels have already cut wholesale agreements with Apple for the Windows version of the service.
Comments
I don't think so.
Originally posted by Willoughby
200,000 x 3 meg (average size) = 600,000 megs = 600 gigs
I don't think so.
Not to mention the download time. A minute a song isn't unreasonable. So thats 200,000/60 = 3333 hours or 19 weeks. Not possible.
Originally posted by torifile
Not to mention the download time. A minute a song isn't unreasonable. So thats 200,000/60 = 3333 hours or 19 weeks. Not possible.
You know, if we ignore these facts, hurry up and compose an email about the story and send it to 10,000 poeple we can start our own urban legend.
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Originally posted by thegelding
substitute "2years old and daughter"to that post above and i believe we have found that it is murbot covering the 200,000 he spent in vegas on booze and hookers
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But if that was 200,000 canadian dollars, that would be some cheap ass booze and a skanky hooker.
-robo
AP News - Greg Flankers of Wobble Creek, GA. has petitioned Apple Computer to refund him $196,020.00.
I signed up for Apple's One-Click payment option,(A patented payment option owned by Amazon.com) and bought a couple of songs and loved it. I then went to bed and left the Mac running. Stated Mr. Flankers.
When I awoke the next morning my six year old son had gone through the entire catalog and downloaded 198,000 songs!
He thought, Buy Now meant Bye Now! and was trying to close iTunes (Apple's MP3 Player). Lamented the now indebted music owner.
God, I wish Apple would have made the button say Purchase Now instead.
Originally posted by bunge
The service sold that many. But with simultaneous downloading, I'm sure it's possible.
Originally posted by MacsRGood4U
Here's the phoney press release:
AP News - Greg Flankers of Wobble Creek, GA. has petitioned Apple Computer to refund him $196,020.00.
I signed up for Apple's One-Click payment option,(A patented payment option owned by Amazon.com) and bought a couple of songs and loved it. I then went to bed and left the Mac running. Stated Mr. Flankers.
When I awoke the next morning my six year old son had gone through the entire catalog and downloaded 198,000 songs!
He thought, Buy Now meant Bye Now! and was trying to close iTunes (Apple's MP3 Player). Lamented the now indebted music owner.
God, I wish Apple would have made the button say Purchase Now instead.
God, I wish AP News had made the name Actually Print News instead.
Originally posted by torifile
Probably, sorry if I misread your post.
Love to hear the success of the iTunes Music Store.
Mac music lovers would begin our control of the universe!
Firstly. I have no objection to paying for content and regularly buy CD and DVD software from popular e-tailers. However, the music business needs to make the online purchase experience compelling and it appears that Apple Computer may have made some in-roads with the launch of its new service! However, there is a caveat. Due to licensing issues, the download service is only available to US Mac customers at present! As a UK Mac User I am precluded from using the service until a future date despite the tantalising option of previewing 30 seconds of a song! Perfect!
The record industry has to change its behaviour (allowing for a greater degree of flexibility) to incentivise legitimate purchasing of music without too many constraints! Otherwise the music industry will be the first to fall foul of peer-to-peer networks followed by other media. Then everyone loses out regardless of platform.
On the upside. This service is a 'killer app' and AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) really works!
http://homepage.mac.com/johnhood