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Apple Announces 25 Million Song Downloads

Posted by pudge on from the over-n-million-served dept.

Tweder writes "On Apple's iTunes site, Apple has announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded over 25 Million songs from the iTunes Music Store. It seems the launch of the ITMS on the Windows platform has boosted sales tremendously." I suppose this is where I am expected to say something along the lines of, "I thought the recording industry said that this business model wouldn't work, that people won't pay for what they can download for free?" So, there you go.

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  1. Where does your money go? by Adolph_Hitler · · Score: 0, Flamebait



    When you purchase an Album from Itunes, where exactly does your money go? IF you don't know, why are you throwing money down the toilet? Afraid of getting arrested? Are you paying because you are a coward?

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  2. Re:Apple Ads by Excen · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...you can vote for your favorite and least-favorite Apple ads

    Uh, favorite Apple ads? I hope you didn't mean favorite i-[insert product or service here] advertisements, because that would be an oxymoron.

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  3. Sorry I have better things to do with my time. by glrotate · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Usually I hear a song on the radio that I like and then obtain a copy of the album for myself. I don't have the time or the inclination to scour pbscure message boards to find bands that are just too good to be popular.

    There's a reason most of that music can't get distributed. It's crap.

    PS correcting people's spelling in a non grammar/spelling related thread is just childish.