Sizing up the Music Download Services

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Online Music Download Services Compared

Online Music Download Services Compared 04/11/2005 11:01 AM

It's probably not news to those of you knee-deep in portable music players, but ExtremeTech has a nice round-up of the current crop of music download services, from iTunes to Napster to AllOfMP3. You know my take on all this (favorite player: iTunes; favorite service: AllOfMP3), but I have to agree with Dave Salvator when he says that Napster To Go is probably the most compelling service out there right now. It's legal, according to the RIAA and copyright structure, and lets you fill up compatible portable players for not a lot of money. I'll only choke down DRM if I have to, though, so it's still quasi-legal Russian AACs for me.

Anyway, if you don't really know what's up with above-the-board music downloading services, this is a good place to start.

Which Online Music Service is Best? [ExtremeTech]

USA Today compares music download
services

USA Today compares music download
services 12/15/2003 09:22 AM
An article in USA Today by Jefferson Graham looks at the online music services available today and compares them with Apple's iTunes, which has sold over 25 million song downloads since its launch in April...

MSN Music Store to Rock the Music
Download Boat

MSN Music Store to Rock the Music
Download Boat 09/02/2004 01:31 PM
Source: The Search Engine Journal - MSN has unveiled MSN Music Store, their pay per download WMP driven system which is predicted to give Apple iTunes, Napster, and RealNetworks a run for their money in the realm of legal music...

Music.Download.com Free Music is a
Winner!

Music.Download.com Free Music is a
Winner! 04/27/2004 06:56 PM
I have downloaded about a 100 tracks from Music.Download.com music section this afternoon. It is nice to be able to...

Music labels thrive while some online
music services may disappear

Music labels thrive while some online
music services may disappear 09/22/2004 09:13 PM
The music download business has been very good to the labels. For the stores, it's another story altogether.

Download a Web services B2B demo

Download a Web services B2B demo 08/16/2004 02:41 AM
CNET Aug 16 2004 7:13AM GMT

What the download services offer

What the download services offer 06/16/2004 12:32 AM
News.bbc.co.uk - Tue Jun 15, 02:23 pm GMT

3G Video Streaming & Download Services

3G Video Streaming & Download Services 06/17/2004 02:13 AM
3G Jun 17 2004 6:50AM GMT

Six campus adopt Napster download
services

Six campus adopt Napster download
services 07/20/2004 11:15 AM

Six United States campuses have announced that they will subscribe to the Napster 2.0 music download service. The colleges include Cornell University , George Washington University , Middlebury College , University of Miami , University of Southern California and Wright State University .

The company said that students will be able to use its service to legally send tracks to friends, share play lists and look at other Napster members' music collections. They will also have the option to buy music to burn to CD or transfer to over 75 compatible portable devices for 99 cents per song or from US$9.99 per album.

Several campuses have already signed up, including Penn State .

(via University Business )

European Download Services Go Mobile
(Reuters)

European Download Services Go Mobile
(Reuters) 08/14/2004 06:40 PM
Reuters - The ability to download complete tracks directly over cell-phone networks to mobile phones is becoming a reality in Europe.

MTV Getting into Music Download Business

MTV Getting into Music Download Business 11/04/2003 09:44 AM
Pranjal writes "According to this article at Economic Times, MTV is getting into the music download business. MTV chief Tom Freston announced on Monday, the ...

UK To Get Music Download Chart

UK To Get Music Download Chart 07/04/2004 12:17 PM

Which Music Download Service is Best?

Which Music Download Service is Best? 04/08/2005 10:42 PM
Reviews: Legal online music services are sprouting like weeds. What separates one from another, aside from a few cents per downloaded song? We'll give you all the ammo you need to make your decision.

Music Download Firms Don't Get It

Music Download Firms Don't Get It 06/03/2004 01:42 PM
A less-than-pleasant downloading experience indicates companies have a long way to go.

Industry giants rapidly building new
download services

Industry giants rapidly building new
download services 09/26/2004 11:23 AM

A series of moves by digital media giants suggest further developments in the growing world of music downloading. Sony decided to allow music files in the popular MP3 format to be played in its devices, a change from its policy restricting usage only to its own Atrac format.

At the same time, Yahoo and Microsoft are exploring using instant message applications to support copyright-clear music file sharing. Both companies recently entered the music downloading market.

American colleges are increasingly turning to such download services as an alternative to copyright problems with peer-to-peer filesharing.

Download your favorite music from iTunes

Download your favorite music from iTunes 09/14/2004 07:17 AM

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A Music Download Site For Artists Less
Known

A Music Download Site For Artists Less
Known 09/19/2004 09:25 PM
When the new service starts this week, eMusic will look as much like a magazine as an online music service, with an assortment of reviews, recommendations and columns. By Laurie J. Flynn, New York Times (via MyAppleMenu)

Oxfam enters music download biz

Oxfam enters music download biz 05/26/2004 09:14 AM
Charity site favours world's poor as well as label execs

Download music from shared iTunes lib

Download music from shared iTunes lib 12/02/2003 01:38 AM
iLeech is a Mac OS X application that will connect to an iTunes v4.0 Share, list their database and allow you to download copies of any desired music (as opposed to iTunes v4.0 builtin support that only allows streaming of...

Music download firm pays out

Music download firm pays out 07/21/2004 07:57 AM
An Israeli software firm agrees to pay $4.1m compensation to the music industry for copyright infringement.

OD2 halves music download prices

OD2 halves music download prices 05/20/2004 05:36 AM
But only if you buy in bulk

Beatles May Get Their Own Music Download
Store

Beatles May Get Their Own Music Download
Store 06/08/2004 05:12 PM
People have pointed out in the past that one of the major limitations to online download music stores is the fact that certain popular artists have not allowed their music to be (legally) offered online yet. Exhibit number one is always the Beatles. Well, now it appears that the Beatles are finally warming up to the idea, but only if someone is willing to pay them lots and lots and lots of money for the right to set up an exclusive Beatles store. That's right, the music wouldn't be available in just any download store, but a Beatles-only music store that would be run by some other company. While the article mentions Apple iTunes as a possibility, this seems unlikely unless the Beatles and Apple patch up their legal problems first. Either way, this points out just how ridiculous all these different online stores are. Would the Beatles have ever become famous if you could only buy their music in exclusive Beatles-only record stores, which would then only play on special Beatles-only record players, that had all sorts of limitations on what you could do compared to other music you owned? The Beatles may have been great musicians, but they now appear to be greedy and shortsighted in their attempt to move into the online world.

UK papers hop on music download
bandwagon

UK papers hop on music download
bandwagon 07/26/2004 05:34 AM
Buy copies, download free songs

Music Download Licenses' Impermanence

Music Download Licenses' Impermanence 04/23/2004 08:15 AM
Clive Thompson considers the state of digital music downloads in this article at Slate, taking out Real's Rhapsody streaming service for a spin, while harping on the limitations of the current crop of all DRM-enabled music services. He makes a very good point: The current limitations of music download systems...

Nashville gets digital music download

Nashville gets digital music download 04/11/2005 07:37 PM
Blog: Executives from several big online music services, along with the EMI Group, gave Nashville songwriters, publishers, musicians...

Music Download Battle Looms

Music Download Battle Looms 12/02/2003 10:15 PM
Industry sources tipped that the Australian version of Apple's iTunes will be available in the first quarter of 2004. By Chris Jenkins (News.com.au via MyAppleMenu)

Tech Snags Delaying European Download
Services -EU (Reuters)

Tech Snags Delaying European Download
Services -EU (Reuters) 04/19/2004 12:29 PM
Reuters - Online music and video download services will be slow to take off in Europe unless problems with cumbersome technology are resolved, the European Commission warned in a report on Monday.

Dutch Co. Launches Music Download Site
(AP)

Dutch Co. Launches Music Download Site
(AP) 08/11/2004 09:23 PM
AP - In a bid to compete with Apple's iTunes digital music downloading service in Europe, a Dutch record company has launched a web site offering 250,000 tracks from five major record labels.

RealNetworks Pitches Music Download
Store

RealNetworks Pitches Music Download
Store 01/07/2004 02:03 PM
AP via Daily Press Jan 7 2004 12:19PM ET

RealNetworks Pitches Music Download
Store (AP)

RealNetworks Pitches Music Download
Store (AP) 01/07/2004 02:25 PM
AP - RealNetworks Inc. is preaching digital inclusion with its launch Wednesday of a music download store and media player that support the top two audio formats.

Oxfam joins music-download business

Oxfam joins music-download business 05/24/2004 11:23 PM
ZDNet UK May 25 2004 3:23AM GMT

Coke floats music download service

Coke floats music download service 12/08/2003 04:55 PM
Want some DRM with your cavity?

Motorola music phone does iTunes
download too?

Motorola music phone does iTunes
download too? 03/14/2005 06:27 PM
Macworld UK Mar 11 2005 9:45PM GMT

Music Group Eyes Download Suits

Music Group Eyes Download Suits 04/12/2005 02:50 PM
CBS News Apr 12 2005 6:27PM GMT

Oxfam Launches Music Download Service

Oxfam Launches Music Download Service 05/23/2004 07:31 PM

Coke to launch music download service in
UK

Coke to launch music download service in
UK 12/08/2003 09:15 AM
Yet another firm is entering fray in the online music download service...

Wal-Mart Music Download Service Launches

Wal-Mart Music Download Service Launches 12/19/2003 11:30 AM

Sony to Launch Music Download Service
for PSP

Sony to Launch Music Download Service
for PSP 02/01/2005 09:09 PM

The Register is reporting that Sony will be launching a new music service specifically for its PSP portable gaming system. The new download service is supposed to be in place by March here to coincide with the launch of Sony's player. Tony Smith speculates that the service, once in place, could just as easily be used to push video content down to the device, which doesn't have a hard drive, but can accept flash MemoryStick in 1-2GB sizes—plenty big for a couple of movies.

I think if Sony's got a shot at the iPod, the PSP is it—it can do almost everything you'd want to do while on the road, including productivity stuff (if they release a keyboard).

 Sony preps PlayStation 'music download service' [TheRegister]

Is There Any Company At All Who Won't
Launch Their Own Music Download Store?

Is There Any Company At All Who Won't
Launch Their Own Music Download Store? 12/08/2003 03:33 PM
Okay, someone make it stop. Last week I mentioned HP's plans to open their own music download store and wondered if there was any tech company that wasn't planning their own music download store. Apparently, I was too narrow in my focus. Coca-Cola has announced plans to offer a music download store as well. It's beginning to feel like the "feature" that everyone wants to add. "Oh yeah, our website has a spinning logo, a store locator, search functionality, customer self-service, and, of course, our own music download store." Of course, this will be like every other download music store with silly limitations and bad pricing, but that's the way things go. It's difficult to see what benefit an outfit like Coke stands to gain. It's way (way) out of the core competency, and most of these stores have been shown to act as loss leaders for other products (like music players). I'm not sure how music becomes a loss leader for soda. I'm sure there will be many more similar announcements before some sense of sanity is reached, and companies start shutting down or merging all of these download stores into just a few entities. Having all of these separate stores with different restrictions does no good.
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