Coca-Cola is launching a music download site
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DRINKS giant Coca-Cola is launching a music download site ? with songs costing 99p a track.
The company announced yesterday it will offer 250,000 tracks by 8,500 artists from next month ? the internet?s largest collection of legal downloads. Users of mycokemusic.com must be over 18, and pay with credit or debit cards.
A spokeswoman for Coke ? who are to sponsor the single and album charts ? said: ?Legal downloading is set to be one of the most important innovations in the way consumers access music.?
DRINKS giant Coca-Cola is launching a music download site ? with songs costing 99p a track.
The company announced yesterday it will offer 250,000 tracks by 8,500 artists from next month ? the internet?s largest collection of legal downloads. Users of mycokemusic.com must be over 18, and pay with credit or debit cards.
A spokeswoman for Coke ? who are to sponsor the single and album charts ? said: ?Legal downloading is set to be one of the most important innovations in the way consumers access music.?
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It will be interesting to see how they promote it and how they ensure that the buyers are 18+
http://www.mycokemusic.com/indexflash.html
Whats next? mymarsbarmusic? My barbiemusic.com? mymcdonaldsmusic? donaldduckmusic.com?
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The company announced yesterday it will offer 250,000 tracks by 8,500 artists from next month ? the internet?s largest collection of legal downlo
Doesn't iTMS have 400,000 songs by now?
Originally posted by JLL
Doesn't iTMS have 400,000 songs by now?
Probably, but: mycokemusic.com is
intended for use by residents of Great Britain, aged 12 years and over.
It'll be the first in the UK, won't it?
Of course, this is a blatant error in the Sun's reporting, just as the fact that they claim only 18 years and older are 'allowed'.
Originally posted by der Kopf
It'll be the first in the UK, won't it?
No, OD2 have music stores around Europe (they provide the music and MSN, Tiscali and others sell the music).
Originally posted by giant
Diluting a brand seems like all the rage these days.
Don't you mean, diluting a brand with music download services? ha!
Originally posted by Jared
Don't you mean, diluting a brand with music download services? ha!
Sure, but there are other ways to do it: http://wwws.sun.com/software/javadesktopsystem/
I don't think a single company will make profit besides Apple. Every other service sucks.
Originally posted by Aquatic
I don't think a single company will make profit besides Apple. Every other service sucks.
You know, I've actually had someone argue that rhapsody is better. I think the reasoning was that there were more indie groups.
Originally posted by johnrp
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This news only confirms what I have been thinking all along. In the next few years, consumers will be able to buy music online just like they can with actual CDs. They buy them almost everywhere. iTunes music store will probably end up being one of the thousand's of places to buy music.