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iTMS Europe: 800,000 Tracks In A Week
no_demons writes "In a press release, Apple has announced that the "European" iTunes Music Store has sold 0.8 million tracks in a week, with around 450,000 being sold in the UK alone. According to Steve Jobs other services were shifting only 50,000 tracks a week in Europe before the launch."
The RIAA still doesn't understand why singles are selling so well, so sues 428 more people.
I stole this sig.
Harumph. At least if I don't own an iPod I am still a part of this Personal Computer Revolution with an old Apple //c sitting on my shelf...
what they don't tell you is that 74% of those downloads were made by Sporty Spice. She d/l'ed thousands of copies of "tell me what you want, what you really, really want" in the hopes of reclaiming some of her former "glory". It's shameful for all Europeans.
It's online already. In Canada it's called iKazaa.
As an Apple acolyte I must say, that the UK is doing well to embrace iTMS Europe. France and Germany should follow UKs example.
Only through iTMS will both countries reach the musical zen that UK is about to reach! France and Germany dont despair you need but open iTunes and download more.
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not yet up to the 2.5 million a week from the US
:)
to be fair america has a few more residents than the UK. we're generally at about 60 million people. america is just over 290 million.
so basically our population is nearly 5 times less, and we bought only 3 times less songs. looks like we've got you beat per head
dave
Anybody knows if there was any announcement of iTunes coming to Canada eventually?
Hmm, it's strange that they would sell it in the first 50 states but not the 51st. That should really be corrected!
Sure, you can purchase them -- but shipping's a bitch.
We all know the iTunes Music store is a pimp for the iPod
:)
Sound like this?
Aide-toi, le Ciel t'aidera - Jeanne D'Arc.
We're holding out to trade iTunes music files for cheap drugs.
"I don't think it's selfish, to eat defenseless shellfish." -NOFX
"from the but-are-those-metric-tracks dept."
yes, complete with iambic pentametres [sic]...
Yes, if it is standardized on the "wrong thing". Imagine what the world is like if the world is standardized on RTF instead of DOC, or HTML instead of MS-HTML, Java instead of MS-Java. How about all the nastiness due to Windows' crappy security models and "technologies?" We have problems just because people keep using them instead of better alternatives because they are "standard."
That's because Mac users will actually pay for music. PC users steal all of theirs. :D
(j/k, of course).
UKOL? Would they use a small Hawaiian guitar for their logo?
I drank what? -- Socrates
Just give it some time; the State-side iTMS has been adding a bunch of indie labels over the last few months.
WWD4D?
Please be aware that a BMW is no longer classified as an "automobile." It is now an "iPod accessory." Belkin is going to have a tough time competing with BMW's marketing budget.
Blockquoth the parent:
I'll see you and raise you...
It's 0.8 million metric people. It would be 0.31496 million imperial people.
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iTMS really is astonishingly easy to use. I was able to use it while quite drunk (celebrating my birthday, which was on the launch day). I didn't even need to enter my credit card details (I could use my Apple Store account) and start shopping instantly. I added five albums to my collection that evening (well, morning. I think it was about 3am when I, encouraged by those helping my celebrate, decided to play with iTMS). It seems I have quite good musical taste when drunk...
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Why, I heard it second-hand on Slashdot, of course!
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