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1 Billion iTunes Contest

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the slavering-and-drooling-accountants dept.

pvt_medic writes "Apple has announced their newest contest for the 1 Billionth iTunes song downloaded. Every 100,000 downloads someone will win an iPod nano and a $100 giftcard, with the grand prize being an iMac, 10 iPod (60GB), and $10,000 credit at iTunes. Looks like business is going well for Apple."

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  1. Re:May I Be The First To Say.. by catch23 · · Score: 5, Funny

    A 600GB raid-0 array!

  2. Dear Winner: by Anonymous+Crowhead · · Score: 5, Funny

    Good luck with your taxes in 2007.

    We'll be watching.

    The IRS

  3. Re:May I Be The First To Say.. by jcr · · Score: 4, Funny

    What would one person want with ten 60 gig iPods?

    Some people have ten friends or relatives they could give them to.

    -jcr

    --
    The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
  4. Sign of the times by The-Bus · · Score: 4, Funny

    You can tell that iTunes is being embraced by everyone when the top-selling songs are "Grillz" by Nelly, "Shake That" by Eminem and "L.O.V.E." by Ashlee Simpson.

    --

    Small potatoes make the steak look bigger.

  5. Does video downloads count... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does anyone know if video downloads count in this contest? Winning the grand prize while downloading the latest episode of Battlestar Galatica would be awesome!

  6. Re:May I Be The First To Say.. by afaik_ianal · · Score: 4, Funny

    Some people have ten friends...

    On Slashdot?!? You must be new here.

  7. Little-known exception by Carpe+PM · · Score: 5, Funny

    If the billionth song is a Michael Bolton tune they are skipped and the winner will be the next one.

  8. Time to drag out this old chestnut: by This+Old+Chestnut · · Score: 3, Funny

    "I used to be with it, but then they changed what 'it' was. Now, what I'm with isn't it, and what's 'it' seems weird and scary to me."

    -- Abe Simpson

  9. Re:No incentive to use iTunes by Anonymous+Crowhead · · Score: 3, Funny

    What?! Could you speak up a little bit? I'm having a little trouble hearing you over all the noise this cash is making.

    Sincerely,

    Steve Jobs

  10. Re:The Trade-offs by softspokenrevolution · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's right, because every $.99 is pure profit for apple