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Old 29-04-03, 05:30 AM   #2
TankGirl
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Brows Re: Apple's New Music Service

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Originally posted by theknife
http://www.freep.com/money/tech/apple29_20030429.htm

let's see...Mac only (there's goes 97% of your market)...looks a tad more reasonable (no subscription , unlimited copying) than the other feeble commercial attempts, but .99 cents per song?
still a rip, imo...
Yeah, I agree. Less usage restrictions is good but it is still badly overpriced... no wonder even Hilary likes it:
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By Monday, Apple had struck "landmark" licensing deals with the five biggest music companies, and it garnered the blessing of no less a critic of the tech industry than Hilary Rosen, the head of the Recording Industry Association of America. "The Apple system has the potential to do for music sales what the Walkman did for the cassette," Rosen told the New York Times on Monday.
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