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iTMS Launches in Japan

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the big-in-japan dept.

ickoonite writes "The iTunes Music Store has finally come to the Land of the Rising Sun! After months of tricky negotiations, Apple has reached agreements with 15 record companies for the supply of around 1 million tracks, with per-track prices between ¥150 and ¥200. AppleInsider also has some blurb, and Apple has an (English) press release on the launch is here. The question now is: 'Where next?'"

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  1. Re:$600 to listen to a song over a 10 year period. by generic-man · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    And now the other extreme statistic:

    If I want to rent a million songs from Yahoo and play any 10,000 of them on my portable device: $600 for 10 years.

    If I want to buy a million songs from iTunes to load any 10,000 of them on my portable device: $990,000 for 10 years.

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  2. Why? Simple: by Ralph+Spoilsport · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    the question was asked:

    Why must "entertainment media" be regionalized?

    and the answer is simple:

    the plutocratic shitbags who run the music and entertainment biz are nothing but a bunch of greedy assholes.

    I hope that clears up that little mystery for you.

    cheers,

    HW

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