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MTV Getting into Music Download Business

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the getting-crowded-in-here dept.

Pranjal writes "According to this article at Economic Times, MTV is getting into the music download business. MTV chief Tom Freston announced on Monday, the service would debut within the first half of next year. Looks like the online music download business is heating up."

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  1. Big F'ing Deal by grub · · Score: 1, Flamebait


    Does the world really need another source (legal or not) to download the Top 40 lame bands of the week? The only thing interesting about this is that it's MTV and unfortunately they've come to the party too late.

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  2. Re:This just in: MTV sucks more soul from humanity by mekkab · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I think you are just bitter because you used to be the only one drinking Covousier and then MTV played that Busta Rhymes video and now all your little friends drink it too.

    Criticize MTV all you want for being a souless corporation, but if you check your Slashdot-Love-Hate meter, today we love MTV, because they are embracing new technology and doing the stuff we wish we could do (but are too busy authoring conspiracy theories and slash fiction in our parents basement).

    So omnibrand or not (and they've been trying to become a font of omnimedia for years!) they are combining shiny things with techno dood-dads, and we here are slashdot think thats just fine and dandy.

    I for one welcome our shiny new masters!

    ;)

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  3. Re:Pity the RIAA by andreMA · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Um... why couldn't you just swipe a credit card and give them your e-mail address? What is the point of the USB-fob? Seems unnecessary,
    That was my initial reaction as well on reading SMOC's post. On further reflection, though, I see a few advantages to the method:
    • encapsulation of user-defined data: the user could program it with any email address he wishes, for example.
    • seperation from actual credit card: a parent could program in a cap and loan it to their teenager as she heads off to a concert so they could buy the album if they enjoyed the concert.
    • ability to use without a credit card by pre-paying. I'm imagining something like a USB based programmable phone card where the balance can't be tampered with, but the user can program email address, per-transaction, per-date and other such limits into it.
    • more likely "impulse" buying because (to some folks) it will seem "less like spending money". Remember, 50% of people are of below-average intelligence!
    All that said, though, I don't see a need for the email phase of the original scenario. At POS, just load a URL and a key into the fob. Much preferable, I think; using the email address would create a "business relationship" and no doubt result in spam. Such a scheme would need to be looked at carefully though, to ensure it provides at least the modest degree of privacy found in normal credit-card transactions.
  4. Re:Pity the RIAA by Creepy+Crawler · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    So then why do Audiophiles REFUSE to take part in a double-blind test of music of multiple genra's?

    Ex: 128Kb MP3 , 192Kb MP3, 44KHz 16bit stereo pcm
    Go from Classical, jazz, electronica, and rock

    Most audiophiles wont take those tests cause they know they wont prove anything, except they paid waaaay too much for those iridium/gold/palladium low impedance wires with the radium/gold tip to improve electron direction. Only 1200$ for that 5 foot cord that makes the sound much more vibrant with a tinge of orange. (gag me)

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