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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. free entries by HoneyBunchesOfGoats · · Score: 4, Informative
    The best part is for those who don't buy into these contests is that you can use the free downloads for entry.

    Um, no. From the Official Rules:
    How To Enter. You will automatically be entered into the Promotion by: 1) downloading a song from iTunes (any music video or other video downloads and any free downloads will be deemed an ineligible entry); or 2) a free alternative means of entry by completing an online entry form available at http://www.apple.com/itunes/1billion/entryform/ (a song download or free online entry will be deemed an "Entry(ies)").
  2. Re:Entry open to... by kahanamoku · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.apple.com/itunes/1billion/entryform/

    The MZFinance.MZAlternateEntryForm.Zip field must be at least 5 characters.

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  3. I mean, no mention of the scholarship? by l3prador · · Score: 5, Informative

    I can't believe OP missed (IMO) the coolest part of the grand prize...

    Apple will create a full-ride scholarship in your name to a world-renowned music school.

    Classy.

  4. Re:The Trade-offs by humajime · · Score: 4, Informative

    Lets not forget the fact that it costs them 9 out of the 15 cents they make to pay for the storage of the songs and the bandwidth to send you the songs. Oh yeah, and lets also not forget everyone they have to pay to make this server work (coders, network engineers, PR people, customer service). They make something like 2-3% on songs. On a .99 cent song, thats 2 pennies.