Amazon Gags On Gaga

Posted by Roblimo on Tuesday May 24, 2011 @04:26AM from the ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga dept.

theodp writes "Having hawked Google Chrome over the weekend with an ad that aired on SNL, Lady Gaga turned her attention Monday to hyping Amazon's Cloud Player service. Fans were delighted to learn that they could download Gaga's entire 'Born This Way' album for a mere $0.99, until technical difficulties set in. 'Amazon is experiencing high volume and downloads are delayed,' Amazon said in a statement. 'If customers order today, they will get the full Lady Gaga, Born This Way album for $0.99. Thanks for your patience.' Some frustrated users meted out one-star ratings for the album as their way of protesting Amazon's slow service, lowering the album's rating to three stars. So, was that karma for upstaging Donald Knuth at the Googleplex?"

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GugaGaga by wasimkadak · 2011-05-24 04:32 · Score: 5, Informative

Didn't care much about the album. The 20GB cloud storage offered with it seemed worth it.
A Day Late and $6 short by VGPowerlord · 2011-05-24 04:41 · Score: 4, Informative

So, I saw this and went to Amazon, only to find out that the "today" mentioned in the summary/article was yesterday, May 23rd. /. editors REALLY need to:
1. Post stories sooner.
2. Fact check.

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GLaDOS for President 2016! "Well here we are again. It's always such a pleasure." -- GLaDOS, 2011
Re:$.99?!? by RobotRunAmok · 2011-05-24 05:35 · Score: 1, Informative

Freddie Mercury did all before
To her credit, I believe she acknowledges this. In fact, that's why she calls her self "Lady GaGa." It's a hat-tip to the old Queen bic-lighter anthem, "Radio Ga Ga"