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OD2 Launches Penny-Per-Song Streaming Jukebox

Posted by timothy on from the not-so-good-in-the-car dept.

securitas writes "BBC Technology's Darren Waters reports that UK digital music service OD2 launched its 350,000-song SonicSelector streaming 'digital jukebox' for a penny per song a day ahead of the iTunes Europe debut. The service (co-founded by Peter Gabriel) is available only in 'UK, France, Germany and Italy and will only work with users of Windows Media Player' 9. NewsFactor and The Register have descriptions of the pay-per-use / a la carte service. More at the Financial Times and Reuters via ZDNet UK. You can also read the previous OD2 Slashdot discussion."

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  1. A voice of sanity... by JosKarith · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just think on this - Peter Gabriel is now a voice of sanity in the music biz.
    And you listen to the stuff these people put out. They could be sneaking _anything_ into your subconscious in their music...

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  2. Re:Price isn't bad, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Are you telling me there's something Emacs can't do?

    I refuse to believe it!

  3. Re:Price isn't bad, but... by Dagny+Taggert · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...I agree with your sentiment. WMP is crappy, IMHO. I would love to see something based on Winamp, for example. However, as another poster said, we have the opportunity to start our own company and run it using anything we wish. No I have to go make a sacrifice to Redmond so I don't get eaten.

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  4. New Headline Suggestion by Todd+Fisher · · Score: 1, Funny

    OD2 Launches Penny-Per-Song Streaming Jukebox in Countries that don't use Pennies.

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    --I'm not talking about dance lessons. I'm talking about putting a brick through the other guy's windshield.-
  5. Re:Price isn't bad, but... by Dutch_Cap · · Score: 5, Funny

    "there's no drm for streaming, you know ? it streams then it's gone ..."

    Yes, because streamed bits are a very special kind of bit. Unlike normal bits they can't be stored to the harddisk.

  6. Peter Gabriel? Wow, this could be... by SnappingTurtle · · Score: 1, Funny

    ... big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big...

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  7. Re:Price isn't bad, but... by spiny · · Score: 5, Funny

    yeah, and in VI it would be so easy :

    CTRL-SHIFT-NUMLOCK-~-#-`--[CTRL027], [return] :)

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    Fry: heh, Yakov Smirnoff said it
    Leela: No he didn't.
  8. Re:Price isn't bad, but... by straybullets · · Score: 2, Funny

    Unlike normal bits they can't be stored to the harddisk.

    Wow ... Do they use some kind of stream water marking ?

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    With that aggravating beauty, Lulu Walls.
  9. Re:Price isn't bad, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You missed out the "Esc" at the beginning, followed by :