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iTMS Sells 100,000,000th Song

Posted by Hemos on from the still-going-strong dept.

Macslacker writes "At 10:26 PM PDT on Sunday, July 11, Apple apparently sold its 100 millionth song at the iTunes Music Store. While the contest may now be over, congrats to Apple for a job well done."

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  1. 10,000 Words And Not A Shred of Meaning by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    And, in other news, Kazaa serves its 100-billionth song. And the RIAA serves its 1-billionth lawsuit. And the Slashborg respond with another 100 comments. Here, let me outline the next 99 for you:

    1. "Apple rocks!"
    2. "Apple fanboys suck!"
    3. Late GNAA post.
    4. "This proves the music industry isn't doing badly!"
    5. Something about fruity names, dumb music players, and profit.
    6. iPod raves.
    7. Repeat comments 1-2.
    8. OSX raves.
    9. Inane remarks about a certain ex-Soviet country.
    10. Repeat comments 1-2.
    11. "RealPlayer sucks!"
    12. Imagine a Beowulf cluster of iPods!
    13. Repeat comments 1-2.
    14. Something about how Bush is responsible for all of this.
    15-99. Repeat comments 1-14.

    1. Re:10,000 Words And Not A Shred of Meaning by j_sp_r · · Score: 5, Funny

      Apple rocks!

  2. Oh well by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    At least the 200 Prince songs I downloaded in vain trying to get the 100,000,000th download weren't in vain... I think...

  3. Re:Survey question by ObsessiveMathsFreak · · Score: 5, Funny

    What are the record companies going to do with their $75 million cut?
    Sue Apple.

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    May the Maths Be with you!
  4. All for 99 cents by whisper_jeff · · Score: 5, Funny
    Kevin Britten of Hays, Kansas downloaded Somersault (Dangermouse remix) by Zero7; the 100 millionth song purchased from the iTunes music store. He will receive a 17-inch PowerBook, a 40GB iPod, and a gift certificate for 10,000 iTunes songs to create the ultimate music library for his new iPod.

    All that for just 99 cents? I wish they would bring iTunes to Canada!! Even with the exchange rate, that's a deal!

  5. "congrats to Apple for a job well done" by forsetti · · Score: 5, Funny

    Shouldn't that be:
    "congrats to Jobs for an Apple well done"?

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    10b||~10b -- aah, what a question!
  6. Would have, should have, could "have" by werdna · · Score: 5, Funny

    The correct usage is: would've never bought

    I think a proper pedagogue and sesquipedalian would insist upon eschewing the contraction. The real horror was using "of" instead of "have."