Australian ISP And Microsoft Beat Apple On Music

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Can Sony beat Apple at the online music
game?

Can Sony beat Apple at the online music
game? 05/06/2004 11:12 PM
ZDNet May 7 2004 2:37AM GMT

Microsoft Australian venture to sell Net
music

Microsoft Australian venture to sell Net
music 12/02/2003 11:04 AM
Australian Web site ninemsn.com says it will launch early next year an online music store that will sell music from the top five record labels.

Is This The Announcement Australian
Music Lovers Have Waited For? iTunes
Music Store Comes To Australia?

Is This The Announcement Australian
Music Lovers Have Waited For? iTunes
Music Store Comes To Australia? 12/26/2004 08:28 PM

By Les Posen, CyberPsych Blog

Apple slams Microsoft Music service

Apple slams Microsoft Music service 09/02/2004 03:44 PM
The Wall Street Journal reports [paid sub...

Microsoft Enters the Music Biz. Should
Apple Be Worried?

Microsoft Enters the Music Biz. Should
Apple Be Worried? 09/21/2004 06:35 AM
Fortune Sep 21 2004 10:53AM GMT

Editors' Picks: Is Apple becoming the
Microsoft of music?

Editors' Picks: Is Apple becoming the
Microsoft of music? 07/30/2004 09:00 PM
The iPod is designed to play music purchased from Apple Computer's iTunes service and files in the MP3 format, but not songs from all competitors.

Microsoft takes on Apple in digital
music market

Microsoft takes on Apple in digital
music market 09/02/2004 12:03 PM

Australian Students Get Suspended
Sentence For Music Website

Australian Students Get Suspended
Sentence For Music Website 11/18/2003 04:46 AM
Three students in Australia accused of offering music for download via their website have received "suspended" sentences, meaning they will not be going to jail. The article is not at all clear on what the site in question actually did. It's not clear if this was simply a website where you could download some music that they stored on their own server, or if they had created some sort of music sharing app that the article mistakenly refers to as a website. Either way, the three students received small fines and community service which upset the music industry to no end. There's this angry quote from a music industry executive saying, "I wonder how much music you need to steal before you go to jail?" Well, that's the problem. These students didn't actually "steal" any music. It sounds like they infringed on copyrights - but that's quite different from stealing, no matter how many times the recording industry claims it's the same thing. Furthermore, as the court pointed out, the students didn't make any money off of this deal, and are clearly sorry about what they've done. But, the recording industry has determined that by not putting these students in jail it's a "slap in the face" to the industry. Here you have a group of students who were promoting music to music fans at no benefit to themselves, and the industry is so blinded by their old business model that they're upset the kids weren't sent to jail.

Australian music industry laid back over
piracy

Australian music industry laid back over
piracy 11/17/2003 04:16 AM
ZDNet Australia Nov 17 2003 3:57AM ET

Australian iTunes Music Store expected
in early 2004

Australian iTunes Music Store expected
in early 2004 12/02/2003 02:37 PM
An Australian version of Apple's iTunes Music Store is expected to be launched in the first quarter of 2004, according to News.com.au...

Real urges Apple to join hands to battle
Microsoft on the music front

Real urges Apple to join hands to battle
Microsoft on the music front 04/19/2004 11:12 AM

New and Noteworthy: Wharton Business
School article on Apple vs. Microsoft in
digital music purchase realm

New and Noteworthy: Wharton Business
School article on Apple vs. Microsoft in
digital music purchase realm 09/10/2004 01:08 PM
MacFixIt Sep 10 2004 5:32PM GMT

Legal US Music Downloads Beat CD Single
Sales

Legal US Music Downloads Beat CD Single
Sales 11/04/2003 08:19 PM

Legal music downloads beat CD single
sales

Legal music downloads beat CD single
sales 11/04/2003 03:36 PM
Almost twice as many singles were purchased in digital format online than were bought on CDs from stores, according to a new report...

Australian resellers upset with Apple
plans

Australian resellers upset with Apple
plans 11/13/2003 11:15 AM
Apple Australia is once again attempting to sell Macs within major retail chains with the opening of five Apple "stores within a store" within David Jones and Harvey Norman shops in time for Christmas. Some Apple dealers aren't happy about this but believe their "specialist knowledge" will give them the upper hand when competing with the mass market retailer, according to an Australian IT article.

Australian Unwired alliance with Apple
iTunes?

Australian Unwired alliance with Apple
iTunes? 08/19/2004 08:08 AM
A story in today's Australian IT reports that the new ISP Unwired "has hinted that the alliance it has forged with Apple could see the two partner on a music service within a month."...

Australian Apple reseller moves to PC
sales

Australian Apple reseller moves to PC
sales 11/03/2003 12:16 PM
Australian Apple retailer NextByte is planning to sell its own brand of PCs in the first of what it hopes will be a national chain of Windows-compatible outlets, Australian IT reports...

Apple to open five Australian 'stores
within a store'

Apple to open five Australian 'stores
within a store' 11/12/2003 01:04 PM
Apple said that it will be opening five "Apple Stores within a store" in Australian retail chains before Christmas...

Can anyone beat Apple’s iPod?

Can anyone beat Apple’s iPod? 03/23/2005 01:31 PM

Can’t Beat Apple’s Multimedia
Suite

Can’t Beat Apple’s Multimedia
Suite 06/17/2004 01:07 PM
In the Wall Street Journal, Walt Mossberg reviews Easy Media Creator 7 by Roxio, “Overall, I found Media Creator to be significantly inferior to the Apple [iLife] suite. It’s harder to use, less consistent in the way it works, less well integrated, and it fails to display the same delicate balance between power and simplicity that is the real strength of the Apple software.” [Jun 17]

Apple 1Q Earnings Beat Expectations (AP)

Apple 1Q Earnings Beat Expectations (AP) 01/16/2004 11:32 AM
AP - Strong sales of portable notebook computers and the iPod music player helped Apple Computer Inc. easily beat Wall Street expectations for its first quarter.

APPLE HAS THE MUSIC: Computer company
buying up music all over the place

APPLE HAS THE MUSIC: Computer company
buying up music all over the place 05/14/2004 04:51 PM
EURweb May 14 2004 8:11PM GMT

DEMO Achieves a Historical Milestone by
Presenting the First Digital Music
Certification Award to Apple iTunes
Music Store

DEMO Achieves a Historical Milestone by
Presenting the First Digital Music
Certification Award to Apple iTunes
Music Store 08/04/2004 02:36 AM
DEMO grants the first Titanium + Certification Award to the Apple iTunes Music Store on July 29, 2004. [PRWEB Aug 4, 2004]

"Most Australian iPod users are breaking
Australian law,"

"Most Australian iPod users are breaking
Australian law," 08/03/2004 09:59 PM

Apple third-quarter earnings beat
expectations on computer, iPod sales

Apple third-quarter earnings beat
expectations on computer, iPod sales 07/14/2004 06:51 PM
National Post Jul 14 2004 11:23PM GMT

Microsoft: if you can't buy them, beat
them

Microsoft: if you can't buy them, beat
them 11/10/2003 11:38 PM
The Register Nov 10 2003 5:14AM ET

Can Microsoft Beat Google?

Can Microsoft Beat Google? 07/29/2004 11:37 AM
Source: Search Engine Guide - While most within the industry, myself included, don't expect Microsoft to mount a true challenge to the quality of Google's search results any time soon, the reality is that they may not have to....

Microsoft Results Beat Expectations

Microsoft Results Beat Expectations 01/22/2004 07:33 PM
TheStreet.com Jan 22 2004 11:40PM GMT

Get insight on how Microsoft will help
beat the RIAA

Get insight on how Microsoft will help
beat the RIAA 10/31/2003 04:59 AM
Very interesting read and perspective on how Microsoft may help consumers retain fair use rights. [Marc's Voice]...

Developers beat the drums for Microsoft

Developers beat the drums for Microsoft 06/30/2004 04:54 AM
Silicon Republic Jun 30 2004 9:34AM GMT

Can Microsoft Beat iTunes With a Store
of Its Own?

Can Microsoft Beat iTunes With a Store
of Its Own? 08/30/2004 09:54 AM

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Free registration is required to read the article. “When Microsoft unveils its online music store later this week, the first song offered should be Dave Brubeck’s “It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again.” For Microsoft, taking a trail blazed by others - then trying to dominate the market - is a familiar tune. With the opening on Thursday, Microsoft will land itself in a market that Apple Computer pioneered more than a year ago with its…

Profit jumpsat Microsoft as sales beat
forecasts

Profit jumpsat Microsoft as sales beat
forecasts 07/23/2004 06:19 AM
IHT Jul 23 2004 9:35AM GMT

Australian Simulation to present the
complete Piper Warrior package for
Microsoft™ Flight Simulator

Australian Simulation to present the
complete Piper Warrior package for
Microsoft™ Flight Simulator 07/28/2004 06:27 PM
Mantracourt Jul 28 2004 11:06PM GMT

Microsoft Trying Soft Sell To Beat Open
Source (TechWeb)

Microsoft Trying Soft Sell To Beat Open
Source (TechWeb) 04/10/2004 03:41 AM
TechWeb - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer actually praised open source this week, and the company released software under an open source license. That's a long-way from recent fire-breathing attacks.

MSN Music: Microsoft Flexes Music Muscle

MSN Music: Microsoft Flexes Music Muscle 09/03/2004 10:36 AM
Xeni Jardin: In Wired News today, a report I filed on Microsoft's new music download service:

A help page on the beta site provides instructions describing how users can enable MSN Music downloads to play on their iPods.Microsoft's recent criticism of Apple for not licensing iPod functionality to third-party tech companies is not without irony, given past accusations of anticompetitive behavior that resulted in Microsoft agreeing last year to pay out $1.8 billion to settle consumer antitrust suits. Just last Friday, six California municipalities sued Microsoft over claims it overcharged government customers because of its effective monopoly in computer operating systems.

The company's new war against iTunes and the iPod is seen by some industry watchers as not unlike its earlier war for market share against the Netscape browser -- which Internet Explorer won. In light of the fact that Microsoft claims its MSN hub attracts more than 350 million monthly unique users, sheer reach -- rather than product feature details -- may ultimately determine who wins this war.

Open-format activists like Jason Schultz, a staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, ask why the company doesn't simply strip DRM altogether, and lament the fact that Microsoft's service launch makes it all the more likely that two opposing proprietary systems -- Microsoft's and Apple's -- will now dominate a marketplace some feel would be better served by open standards such as MP3.

"Microsoft's music launch is just the latest effort to 'bring music to the masses' by, ironically, setting up a new, separate, incompatible DRM fiefdom," said Schultz. "The thing people love about the internet is that you can send e-mail to anyone in the world with any e-mail client. In the digital music world, however, we're seeing an increasing trend toward technological balkanization.

Link to story, and Link to MSN Music. More of Jason Schultz's comments on the service launch are here.

ActiveWin.com Book of the Day: Inside
Intuit: How the Makers of Quicken Beat
Microsoft and Revolutionized an Entire
Industry

ActiveWin.com Book of the Day: Inside
Intuit: How the Makers of Quicken Beat
Microsoft and Revolutionized an Entire
Industry 10/29/2003 12:10 AM
It's a modern-day David and Goliath story for the business world: a company dreamed up at a kitchen table, built on explosive PC growth, and forced to battle a giant in the race to revolutionize an industry. This is the story of Intuit, creator of renowned software products like Quicken, QuickBooks, and TurboTax-the company that beat mighty Microsoft and changed the way 25 million people manage their finances. Written by Intuit veteran Suzanne Taylor and seasoned business manager Kathy Schroeder-who were granted exclusive interviews with founder Scott Cook and other key figures- Inside Intuit tells this company's original and fascinating tale for the first time. The book vividly recounts each dramatic stage of Intuit's development: from initial conception to "bet the company" investments; from strokes of marketing genius to disastrous product launches; and from battles for survival to successive victories against arch-rival Microsoft-the company no one else could beat.

MSN Music is off-key, Apple says

MSN Music is off-key, Apple says 09/02/2004 02:11 PM
The creator of the iPod and iTunes sounds off on its new rival in music downloads.

Microsoft Sticks By Apple As Rumors of
Apple Productivity Suite Spread

Microsoft Sticks By Apple As Rumors of
Apple Productivity Suite Spread 01/05/2005 04:17 PM
Heading into Macworld, rumors of a new productivity suite from Apple that might compete with Microsoft Office have made been making the rounds. Microsoft, however, is sticking by Apple, according to a statement from the company's Mac Business Unit published by CNet News.

Apple comments on MSN Music

Apple comments on MSN Music 09/03/2004 12:21 PM
This week Microsoft launched a preview version of MSN Music, a potential competitor to Apple's iTunes Music Store. The introduction of MSN Music has elicited a response from Apple Computer Inc.
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