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McDonald's Billion-Song iTunes Giveaway
camperslo writes "The New York Post online
has this story.
"Less than a month after Pepsi announced a blockbuster deal to give away 100 million downloads from Apple's iTunes music service to its customers, McDonald's is close to a announcing a much bigger deal"." No matter what you think of iTunes, this is tremendous publicity for music on demand services in general. If the public gets a taste for it, this could be the beginning of the end for the audio CD.
Do you want iFries with that?
A spokesperson for Apple declined comment...
-T
Kazaa, LimeWire, et al. have long had the billion song download giveaway.
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The iMac will now be re-released in a larger size to be known as the Big iMac.
McDonalds has been giving away a lot of stuff lately. Right now on fries they're giving out $1 coupons (stackable!) for Best Buy. My love for electronics is going to make me fat.
I guess that's as close as Mc Donalds will get to selling an Apple.
-Ed I don't eat meat, but I'd go hunting with a paintball gun.
McDonalds encourages culinary mediocrity so what do you expect?
The surprise isn't how often we make bad choices; the surprise is how seldom they defeat us.
Yes except for the fact that they always manage to screw up my lunch order. Rather then giving me britney spears, knowing my luck I would get Yanni Live At The Acropolis
It featured the Hamburglar stealing songs from the internet.
You can pick new-skool hits like "I'm lovin' it" and "We love to see you smile," or go back to the old days with "At McDonald's, we do it all for you," "Keep your eyes on your fries," and "Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, on a sesame seed bun."
Perhaps Coca-Cola will get in on the deal? "Ain't nothing but the real thing," "Coke is it!," "I'd like to teach the world to sing" and of course "Always Coca-Cola" are big hits in the beverage world.
sulli
RTFJ.
Is it just me or does that pic of Ronald just scare the hell outta U :)
Heeeeeere's Ronald!
Fahrenheit 451, he's got cameras for eyes
"Simplify, simplify, simplify!" Thoreau
Britney Spears is a happy meal ...
And word on the street is that she's been "super sized."
KFG
Talk about jumping to conclusions. If they give away 'song credits' (so to speak), then they can be used on any $.99 song. So while Britney fans might go straight to her albums, presumably they'll have all of the available music. Maybe they'll follow the 'also bought' links and find something new.
On a (semi-)related note, I'm still waiting for the 6-Degrees-Of-Also-Bought. You know, people who bought A also bought B; people who bought B also bought C; people who bought C bought the Soundtrack to Flashdance with Kevin Bacon.
R: That voice. Where have I heard that voice before? B: In about 365 other episodes. But I don't know who it is either.
You are so brave to admit you like Yanni. I am in awe ;)
I guess McD's was so heart broken about all those poor users deleting their music files
:o(.
They just had to step in and lend a hand. Perhaps this is a new direction for the Ronald McDonald House Charity, giving back to all the poor soles who one way or another lost their music
>I could see myself eating there more often, even though the food tastes like masking tape.
Dude, 3M is SO sueing your ass now.
Yes, I'd rather "have" Britney than Yanni. As to whose music I'd rather listen to, I'm still thinking.....
Only Women Bleed (Sex, Sharia remix)
The word is _gay_, not brave.
only wants to burn down the rainforest so they can build fields of COWS
I wish they would burn down the rainforest to build thousands of super speedways and dragstrips.
That would be cool.
Yeah, How DARE he say masking tape tastes that bad?
"I'm not a procrastinator, I'm temporally challenged"
How is it that one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
But what if you want to purchase music in your underwear and have it in your possession instantly?
"Things are more moderner than before- bigger, and yet smaller- it's computers-- San Dimas High School football RULES!"
Just last night I had Metallica over for a set...
Now that Lars is using a pie tin for his kit, this is actually possible.
I live ze unknown. I love ze unknown. I am ze unknown.
Funny, I've always prefered Zamfir, Master of the Pan Flute.
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable" - JFK
"I Like Big Butts"
Recordings cannot reproduce the nuances of a live performance. Go with concert tickets.
Amplifiers cannot reproduce the nuances of accoustic instruments. Learn to play piano.
I can see the slogans now: Billions and billions served...with subpoenas.
Have you seen my stapler?
Come on, how many times a week on Slashdot does someone want to proclaim the "beginning of the end" of some old standby technology? I remember Coke was giving away MiniDiscs sometime around 1991 or so, and it was the Beginning Of The End of the CD...
My blog can kick your blog's ass
I just shot Pepsi out of my nose laughing at your comment! : )