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iTunes More Popular Than Most P2P Sites

Posted by Zonk on from the paying-its-way dept.

bonch writes "A study by NPD Group shows that iTunes ranks #2 in popularity of music downloads, rivaling services like Limewire, Kazaa, and iMesh. The #1 service was still WinMX, but NPD believes this proves to the music industry that legal downloads can work, and that iTunes provides an economically viable alternative." From the article: "According to NPD, about 4 percent of Internet-enabled households in the nation used a paid music download store in March."

7 of 333 comments (clear)

  1. WinMX is not #1 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    WinMX will never be #1. They suck. Stay away. Only RIAA loops and FBI agents are on WinMX. Stay away from WinMX. You never heard of WinMX.

  2. Re:WinMX? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    They're joking, right? I haven't heard anything about them in ages.

    Ah. We thought you were an RIAA spy, so we've been sending you all these stories about Napster and then Kazaa, eDonkey, Bit Torrent etc. We only just realised you're in the clear, so you're allowed to know it's always been WinMX for the real stuff. Just keep it quiet, okay?

  3. My problem with iTunes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nobody shares. Not one. Take a look for yourself. Everything is hosted by Apple. At least on the other services, people share. I guess all the iTunes users are behind NAT firewalls.

  4. I see you and I raise you... by fiannaFailMan · · Score: 3, Funny
    "They're joking, right? I haven't heard anything about [WinMX] in ages."
    I haven't heard about them in ever.
    --
    Drill baby drill - on Mars
  5. Re:Why Should The RIAA Be Surprised? by PopeAlien · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are you kidding?

    This new-fangled form of distribution is going to ruin all creativity as we know it! Just like the VCR killed all movie production and Xerox ruined the publishing industry! We're doomed! Dinner is Ruined! We cant have nice things!

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    air and light and time and space
  6. Re:Playing iTunes files by microcars · · Score: 2, Funny
    "...can anyone get a CD to burn properly through iTunes?"

    What's a CD?

    is it like the iPod thing I use in the car?

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    I like microcars
  7. Re:Why Should The RIAA Be Surprised? by Tony+Hoyle · · Score: 3, Funny

    Don't get me started on that damned printing press. Sure, it'll *start* with Bibles, but you can bet that soon they'll be printing all sorts of things.

    If that happens it's the end of the writing industry and *no more books will ever be written*. The entire world will be plunged into darkness!!!