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Why AnywhereCD Failed

Posted by kdawson on from the unblinking-look-at-the-business dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In an obituary for AnywhereCD, which closes in one week, founder (and MP3.com founder) Michael Robertson chronicles how at least one record label wanted him to embed credit card numbers of buyers into songs. A fascinating story about how at least some of the labels still don't get it and why AnywhereCD is about to be buried."

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  1. AnywhereCD ??? by fishybell · · Score: 5, Funny
    I think I can offer a better reason why this company failed:


    Raise your hand if you both a) have heard of AnywhereCD and b) purchased anything from them.

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  2. Re:The music industry sucks by qweqwe321 · · Score: 2, Funny

    > the music sucks

    Well, yes, the music does suck, but it's not like music overall has gotten better or worse over the years. Remember the old rule, "95% of everything is crap?" It was true 50 years ago when the record labels were making out like gangbusters and it's still true today. The only difference now is that no one remembers lousy bubble-gum pop bands from the early 1960s like "The Archies." "The music sucks" isn't a real problem-- it's code for "get off my lawn."

  3. Re:Embedding credit card numbers???? by moderatorrater · · Score: 2, Funny

    That guy should see if the job of CEO at Sony is available... Looking for a dead-end career path, where your products are full of potential but little value? Do you like insulting your customers and then telling them that they like it? Have I got the job for you!
  4. Re:FTA by Scrameustache · · Score: 2, Funny

    Here is the real reason the business model failed:

    "I believe that if you give people real value (music or anything else) they are happy to pay." So THAT's why iTunes never sold a single song!
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  5. Re:It failed because it doesn't fucking work by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    So, Mr. Robertson, your idea failed for one simple reason: it sucks. Apple's iTunes Music Store runs circles around CDAnywhere in ease of use and execution. So does eMusic.com. You failed to produce a competitive product, plain and simple, and all the conspiracy theories in the world won't explain it away.

    Phew, good job Apple's iTunes Music Store doesn't need a special app to download the music!

    Oh, wait ...

  6. Re:Embedding credit card numbers???? by jcr · · Score: 2, Funny

    I never got any specifics of what the schemes were. Just that she often had coversations like "what if we do this?" "The cops come and shut down the company." "Well, what if we do this? ", "The SEC, the IRS, and the FBI come and shut down the company."

    -jcr

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  7. Re:Not even /. covered it by jandrese · · Score: 2, Funny

    You need some sort of flamebait in the writeup, that way kdawson will approve it for sure.

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