Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Say Goodbye to BuyMusic.com

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the can't-say-i-ever-said-hello dept.

dark_lotus writes "Spymac.com today is reporting that an e-mail sent to prior customers of BuyMusic.com, informing them that BuyMusic.com is being merged into the parent site, Buy.com. Spymac reports: BuyMusic.com initially expected to sell one million songs per day or 200 to 300 in the first year according to estimates by founder and CEO Scott Blum. When re-interviewed in December, Blum offered no statistics, but did say, 'We're nowhere near Apple's numbers.'"

4 of 212 comments (clear)

  1. the fate of all the other music companies by the_2nd_coming · · Score: 5, Insightful

    will be similar.

    the only players in the market will be Apple and Microsoft because they have the money and product variety to support the low profit business.

    --



    I am the Alpha and the Omega-3
  2. Bad Marketing by skajake · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Perhaps if i had
    a) Heard about the site
    b) They supported my browser
    I might have used it. But I suppose they will just give up and sell out before trying to reach me, the customer.

    --

    ~ Maintainer of the Skajake Projects

  3. Say goodbye to ... ? by Zooka · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Say goodbye to BuyMusic.com, the web site.
    It's being integrated into the parent site, Buy.com.
    Not quite the same as giving up and closing shop.
    Or did I miss something?

    Is it really goodbye, or more like "See you later, when you re-open down the street"...

  4. Re:allofmp3.com will eat all their lunches by shiffman · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Legal? You mean because it's in Russia and possibly beyond the reach of American and European law? Something isn't legal just because it hasn't been caught yet.

    When something sounds too good to be true, it's likely because it is in fact too good to be true. $.86 an album may pay for bandwidth; it certainly isn't paying for the musicians. And much (most?) of the content they're offering is owned by the major labels, who are surely not receiving what they've contracted to receive.

    After a quick look around allofmp3.com I can only conclude that they're hoping to make their pile before somebody manages to shut them down. And then they can pop up somewhere else.

    The only differences between these guys and P2P are that they're better organized. And they charge you. But legal? Don't make me laugh.