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New Online Music Service For Australia

Posted by timothy on from the where-music-flows-clockwise dept.

arb writes "Destra Music is the first online music retailer to open its doors in Australia. Currently their catalogue offers over 100,000 tracks priced from 99c (Australian) and they hope to have half a million tracks available by mid next year. Purchasers will be able to burn the songs to CD and copy them to portable devices. The tracks are available for purchase through online partners, such as JB Hi-Fi and Sanity Online. In what is believed to be a first for online music retailers, vouchers will be available in stores so you will not need a credit card to purchase online." Sounds like competition for Bigpond Music's download service, and also dealing with DRM'd .wma files.

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  1. This is like Usenet. by Malcontent · · Score: 1, Funny

    Remember all the "me too!" posts on usenet? It's just like that.

    BTW MS is also planning one.

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  2. Qantity... quality... by wrexsoul · · Score: 1, Funny

    Only 100,000 tracks? I have that much on my computer!

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  3. Re:Don't believe the advertising by cujo_1111 · · Score: 2, Funny

    There is a Fred Astaire track that is $0.99...

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  4. Re:Australian Dollar value... by femto · · Score: 2, Funny
    afraid that one costs $1.99 too:

    Do Wah Diddy Diddy by Los Mustang 2min 18sec
    Cost $1.99