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iTunes Music Store sells 275,000 Tracks in 18 Hours

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-it-gets-interesting dept.

physicsnerd writes "According to this article on Billboard.com, Apple's iTunes Music store sold 275,000 tracks in its first 18 hours of operation. The Register.com estimates that this netted Apple just under $100,000! Not too bad for a 99 cents store." Impressive considering the connection problems people were having. Remains to be seen what usage will be after the hype settles down.

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  1. Re:A nice looking service by orionware · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    So apparently you'e never heard of Emusic or Kazaa or Limewire or Gnutella or Morpheus or Aimster or Napster or eMule or EDoneky or .....

    Why you would need a MAC to get music quickly over the net either means A) You are an idiot, B) You are an APPLE SHILL or C) You are likely both

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  2. It's Obvious by Coffee+Sinistar · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It's obvious this is an attempt by Mac to get you music-thieves back into the mainstream. Like it or not, you are thieves when you download music for free. Kudos to Mac for their successes and hopefully bring about the end of illegal file-sharing.

  3. Here is a 100% random post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Fuck you, Apple!

  4. Did anyone else notice... by hemp · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    That Great White is playing again?

    http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_displa y. jsp?vnu_content_id=1877943

    I bet the tickets sell like wildfire!

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  5. Re:heh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Considering the tremendous quality loss of the "original" ACC files, it's probably not too nticable.

  6. Yeah Right by AnalogDiehard · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Whenever a work of L. Ron Hubbard was published, the Co$ (Cult of $cientology) would order its members to go out and buy ten copies of the book to drive it up the best seller list.

    When the movie Battlefield Earth came out the Co$ ordered its members to rush to the theaters on opening weekend and view the movie multiple times.

    Co$ has a huge influence in Hollywood and in the music industry. So pardon me for being skeptical but the red flag that goes up in my brain is did the music industry artificially inflate these numbers by directing their employees and affiliates to rush out and buy 50 songs from this service...

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  7. Loser by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    "I have a little bit of a guilty conscience that I have downloaded so many songs for free"

    Funny...the RIAA members never have felt guilty about price fixing and screwing you out of money.

    Oh well.