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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. Entry open to... by kahanamoku · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Entrants must be 13 years of age or older, and a legal resident of one of the 50 United States, including Washington, D.C., Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada (excluding the Province of Quebec), Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland or the United Kingdom.

    However, if your zip code isn't 5 digits long, you probably wont receive the prize!

    C'mon Apple, how US-Centric are you?...

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  2. Prizes every 3 hours by evw · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If you believe the meter running on the above web page, it ran through 1000 songs in 112 seconds. At that rate they give out the 100,000 song prize every 3 hours 6 minutes 40 seconds. However that also means they're 61.425 days away from giving away the grand prize.

    1. Re:Prizes every 3 hours by jcr · · Score: 4, Interesting

      If you believe the meter running on the above web page, it ran through 1000 songs in 112 seconds.

      That's about right.

      BTW, I spoke with the programmer who implemented that counter. It phones home to adjust its tick rate, so it's pretty close to the actual running count, barring massive network latency.

      -jcr

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  3. Entry form is not accessible by tepples · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The entry form uses a visual CAPTCHA, which is not accessible to users with visual impairment such as, say, many iPod Shuffle owners. In jurisdictions with anti-discrimination statutes, this could be considered discrimination or even violate gambling laws because for blind people, a purchase is necessary. Given that the iPod player is an audio device, wouldn't it make sense to include an audio-based alternate confirmation method?

  4. Additional prize... by dr.badass · · Score: 3, Interesting

    There's an interesting extra part to the Grand Prize, which isn't listed on the main page:

    In addition, a scholarship will be created by Apple in the name of the Grand Prize winner to a world renowned music institution to be selected by Apple. The scholarship recipient shall receive four (4) years of tuition to a university-level program at the music department of the selected institution. The Grand Prize winner shall not be eligible to receive the scholarship or participate in determining the scholarship recipient. The scholarship shall have no monetary value to the Grand Prize winner. -- Official Rules

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