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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. For the ignorant by mashx · · Score: 0, Troll
    From a good reference:
    r.v. hotted, hotting, hots

    Informal. To cause to increase in intensity or excitement. Often used with up: "His book is an exercise in the fashionable art of instant history, in which every episode is hotted up with an anecdote" (Harper's).
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  2. YES!! by incompetent_bitch · · Score: 0, Troll

    Finally, now I can get that legit copy of 50 Cent's "in da Club" and the latest Christina Aguillera song I've soooo been wanting to get! Those two r0x0r.

    BTW, there was a touch of sarcasm in the above statement, for the duller members of /.

  3. Re:MTV Video Downloads ... already do it. by adzoox · · Score: 0, Troll

    But those little numbers bought the first 50% of online music so far AND MOST audio people have Macs AND there is little cost that would allow Mac Users to download. There are already several MP3 players for the Mac that would be compatible.

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    Yell & scream & rant & rave... it's no use... you need a shaaaave ~ Bugs Bunny
  4. Re:Pity the RIAA by YouHaveSnail · · Score: 0, Troll
    Quick, easy, and here's the best part: you don't care about file-swappers because you get the customer at the exact point where they decide they like the music. You don't care if the 5 billion people who never come to your club swap this music around. What you care about is that your club (and the artist who gets a cut) made some extra money from a customer. You win, they win and the band wins.

    On the contrary. The same folks who download music today without paying for it will say "Why should I pay to go to a show and then pay again to buy the music when I can download it for free and listen to it at home?"

    The medium is not the problem. The problem is:
    • a fundamental lack of self respect and respect for the law on the part of downloaders combined with
    • price fixing and other forms of overcharging on the part of the record companies and
    • a stunningly poor performance on the part of the RIAA.


    Online music stores such as MTV's or Apple's will make it easy for honest people to stay honest. And sure, a business model where clubs and artists agree to jointly market concerts via online services like the iTMS could make a lot of sense. But there will always be people who steal the music anyway, and it'll just take a little while for them to come up with plausible-sounding rationalizations for breaking the DRM on music downloaded from legitimate services.