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AT&T Deal With eMusic Excludes iPhones

Posted by kdawson on from the you-scratch-my-back dept.

ubermiester writes "ArsTechnica reports that AT&T has inked a deal with eMusic, a direct competitor to Apple's iTunes music store. eMusic specializes in independent artists and offers DRM-free content for direct download. For a monthly fee (the number of tracks one can download per month depends on the package) the site's catalog will be available to AT&T customers using Samsung and Nokia handsets, but not the iPhone."

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  1. Re:Too much for not enough by Hatta · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Songs bought form iTMS can be played on 5 computers and an unlimited number of iPhones and iPods.

    But you have to ask for permission first. Some of us don't like having to ask permission to use something we own.

    iTMS+ songs are DRM free (and at $1.29, cheaper than eMusic).

    This new phone service costs more than itunes, yes. But regular emusic plans run about $0.30/song.

    5 * $0.99 is not $8.00

    True, they should price their phone service more in line with their internet service.

    eMusic's catalog is not identical to iTMS (eMusic is smaller/indie music).

    True enough, emusic's catalog is much better.

    The only real downside I see to emusic is that they're still using MP3s. AAC is pretty sweet.

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  2. Something missing by Statecraftsman · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'm no expert in partnerships and marketing but there's something about the AT&T/iPhone deal that's a little strange.

    Apple is advertising like crazy for the iPhone but it's almost as if AT&T is forbidden from advertising using this relationship. Has this struck anyone else as strange or am I having too much coffee?