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Amazon Can't Dent iTunes (Albums @ Amazon for $3.99)
WSJ ^
| 12/16/10
| ETHAN SMITH and GEOFFREY A. FOWLER
Posted on 12/18/2010 5:10:33 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
On the day Apple Inc. rolled out the Beatles' catalog on its iTunes Store, Amazon.com Inc. fired back with a digital exclusive of its own: The latest album from rap-rocker Kid Rockwhose music still isn't available on iTunesfor just $3.99.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: amazon; apple; itunes; music
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I recently downloaded a double album from Amazon for $14 or $15...
To: SoFloFreeper
I think a big problem for Amazon--despite its success with the Amazon MP3 Download service--is that you need to have an external downloader program to make the download process work, something you don't need with iTunes and its in-program access and purchasing from the iTunes Store. Mind you, the Amazon downloader program automatically puts the music into the general Playlist of iTunes itself so you can easily sync it with an iPod, iPhone or even the iPad.
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posted on
12/18/2010 5:15:02 AM PST
by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's economic cure)
To: SoFloFreeper
I started using amazon.com MP3 downloads several years ago and am a very satisfied customer. I started using them because they did not have the incredibly annoying DRM restrictions on their tracks that Apple insisted upon (and still insists that I pay them extra to “upgrade” previously purchased tracks to DRM-free). I continue to use them because the offer a great many albums (especially classical back catalogues) that are not available on iTunes.
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posted on
12/18/2010 5:15:16 AM PST
by
Cincinatus
(Omnia relinquit servare Rempublicam)
To: SoFloFreeper
Kid Rock - the Beatles killer?
45 years on, not even close.
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posted on
12/18/2010 5:22:44 AM PST
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: RayChuang88
How is Amazon using an external downloader program any different than iTunes requiring the use of the program iTunes to download?
I find it very easy to download music from Amazon, and if you use iTunes, the album or song shows up automatically in iTunes as soon as you open it.
Amazon also has tons of free music in the form of samples from various albums. Plus, I love how you can listen to parts of each song before committing to buy.
To: TruthSetsUFree
Here's the thing: people who have studied using computers note that if a feature you want requires you to install a third-party program, the
less likely you want to use it. And that's the rub against the Amazon MP3 Download service--you have to install Amazon's own downloader program in addition to running
iTunes to make it work.
Meanwhile, because iTunes is a "soup to nuts" solution, you can buy and download the music without leaving iTunes itself. That's why most of the legal digital music downloads are done through iTunes.
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posted on
12/18/2010 5:39:38 AM PST
by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's economic cure)
To: SoFloFreeper
Rock's new song "Born Free" may be one of the most repetitive and banal songs I have heard. In a handful of clips, I have only ever heard the words "I was born free" repeated over and over. First he steals the music for "All Summer Long" from the classics "Werewolves of London" and "Sweet Home Alabama" and then borrows the hook of his next release from the song and movie of the same title, sung by Andy Williams back in the 1970's. Not a lot of artistry to speak of...
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posted on
12/18/2010 5:51:14 AM PST
by
ez
("Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is." - Milton, Paradise Lost)
To: SoFloFreeper
The article makes no sense, as most Apple cheerleader articles seem to.
They are comparing the Beatles to Kid Rock, to prove what exactly?
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posted on
12/18/2010 6:07:00 AM PST
by
VanDeKoik
(1 million in stimulus dollars paid for this tagline!)
To: ez
Well, he can’t complain of anybody “stealing” his music on Limewire and via Bit Torrent then. Because he’s doing the exact same thing, except worse. How ironic!!!
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posted on
12/18/2010 6:07:34 AM PST
by
library user
(Just because you're homeless doesn't mean you're lazy.)
To: SoFloFreeper
The only reason I use I-Tunes software is to put music on a Shuffle someone gave me. Otherwise, I download my music from either Amazon or Napster and use Windows Media Player or Windows Explorer to put it on my Fuze. I can play those same MP3s on my home wireless players. I don’t have to worry about the music being in some sort of goofy proprietary format. I also don’t have to feel like I paid twice as much as I should have for an MP3 player because of it’s name. The aggravating thing is that Apple has been so successful at cornering the market that there is a very limited selection of accessories for anything not Apple.
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posted on
12/18/2010 6:12:04 AM PST
by
ThomasSawyer
(Democratic Underground: Proof that anyone can figure out how to use a computer.)
To: RayChuang88
iTunes is the third party program I don’t want to run on my computer. I’ve downloaded music from Amazon without problem. When I run iTunes, it makes my entire system slow down and become unstable.
I don’t care who sells more music, I just hope Amazon sells enough to stay in business. I appreciate being able to buy good-quality, legal MP3 files without any DRM.
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posted on
12/18/2010 6:13:22 AM PST
by
dangerdoc
(see post #6)
To: dangerdoc
When I run iTunes, it makes my entire system slow down and become unstable. When I ran it, the roof blew off my house, the toilet backed up, and the dog fell over dead. That iTunes, it's bad. |
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posted on
12/18/2010 6:19:43 AM PST
by
Nick Danger
(Pin the fail on the donkey)
To: ez
I don’t care for the song, but it’s cool in the video to see all those Michigan scenes, Pictured Rocks, etc.
To: Cincinatus
Agree.
Amazon rocks in every way.
I quit using itunes a long time ago and now am wholly on Amazon (for practically everything).
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posted on
12/18/2010 6:35:48 AM PST
by
Red in Blue PA
(Planning on using 911? Google "Brittany Zimmerman")
To: RayChuang88
WalMart also has its own downloader. Works pretty well; $9 albums, less for older ones.
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posted on
12/18/2010 6:54:12 AM PST
by
metesky
(My retirement fund is holding steady @ $.05 a can.)
To: RayChuang88
I think a big problem for Amazon--despite its success with the Amazon MP3 Download service--is that you need to have an external downloader program to make the download process work iTunes IS the external downloader program. I prefer Amazon because the MP3 you download is free to be used on any MP3 player or computer. iTunes tries to take over all the music management on our computer and the tunes can only be heard through an apple product. (iTunes on your computer or an iPod, etc...)
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posted on
12/18/2010 6:58:06 AM PST
by
SunTzuWu
(Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred. - Barzun)
To: dangerdoc
I appreciate being able to buy good-quality, legal MP3 files without any DRM.
I refuse to purchase music if it has digital rights management. When Music Match shut down I could no longer listen to the files i had paid for. That wont happen again.
To: SunTzuWu
I'd almost agree, but since I have:
3G iPod nano (8 GB teal blue case)
4G iPod nano (16 GB blue case)
4G iPod touch (32 GB)
My music management is done mainly through iTunes. As such, it's a bit of a minor hassle downloading music from the Amazon MP3 Download store unless iTunes is already running.
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posted on
12/18/2010 7:49:45 AM PST
by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's economic cure)
To: RayChuang88
I honestly don't know what you are talking about. I download often from Amazon: once I select a song or album, I make a few mouse clicks, and the MP3 shows up on my hard drive in less than ten seconds. I then do whatever I want with it: put it on a stick and play it on my car radio, click and drop it to an MP3 player, burn it to a disc, or just leave it on my computer to play with Windows Media Player. I can make an infinite number of copies of the MP3 to suit whatever purpose I choose; I paid for it it's mine. I guess there is an installer in there somewhere but it has never gotten in my way.
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posted on
12/18/2010 7:53:09 AM PST
by
PUGACHEV
To: SoFloFreeper
What happens on iTunes if you lose your purchases through accidental deletion or a crashed disk? Amazon allows you one download and you have to rebuy if you lose your files (be sure to back-up).
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posted on
12/18/2010 7:59:32 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(All monopolies are detestable, but the worst of all is the monopoly of education. -Frederic Bastiat)
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