Now You Can Sell Your Music On iTunes

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Jobs: iTunes to sell 5 percent of US
music in 2 years

Jobs: iTunes to sell 5 percent of US
music in 2 years 06/14/2004 09:46 AM
In a n interview with the Wall Street Journal, Apple CEO Steve Jobs says that his company's goal is to sell 5 percent of the legally purchased music in the United States within the next 24 months. Right now, said Jobs, iTunes sells about 2 percent. (The article is available to Wall Street Journal subscribers only.) Other highlights of the interview include Jobs' revelation that his company has just finished renewing deals with major music publishers and "prices aren't going up on iTunes." Jobs said Apple's Mac business is "very healthy" and growing, with more than half of users buying Macs at Apple Stores new to the platform.

iTunes Music Store to sell 474 million
songs in 2005

iTunes Music Store to sell 474 million
songs in 2005 12/22/2004 01:27 AM
Apple is on track towards selling 474 million songs on the iTunes Music Store during 2005 as the company is currently selling 5.5 million downloads a week, according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster. "Based on yesterday's update, it appears that the weekly iTunes run rate is approximately 5.5m songs per week, up from the 3.5 to 4.0 million range in the September quarter." Gene Munster said. "We now expect iTunes downloads in the December quarter to reach 68.5 million vs. our estimate of 52." Last week, Apple announced that it had surpassed 200 million downloads with the 200 millionth song downloaded by Ryan Alekman of Belchertown, MA.

iTunes 4.5 Marks iTunes Music Store's
First Anniversary (28-Apr-2004; 3.7K)

iTunes 4.5 Marks iTunes Music Store's
First Anniversary (28-Apr-2004; 3.7K) 04/28/2004 05:29 PM

iTunes 4.5 and the iTunes Music Store,
One Year Later (03-May-2004; 15.9K)

iTunes 4.5 and the iTunes Music Store,
One Year Later (03-May-2004; 15.9K) 05/03/2004 09:01 PM

My iTunes Music Server (Or How I Learned
To Stop Worrying And Love Compressed
Music)

My iTunes Music Server (Or How I Learned
To Stop Worrying And Love Compressed
Music) 07/25/2004 05:58 PM
By Matthew Davidson (via MyAppleMenu)

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

A Tougher Sell For iTunes

A Tougher Sell For iTunes 06/16/2004 12:17 AM
The online music market has changed significantly during the past 15 months, and Apple is no longer a standout leader in this field, especially in Europe. By Paul Jackson and Rebecca Ulph Jennings, CNET News.com (via MyAppleMenu)

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]

Commentary: A tougher sell for iTunes

Commentary: A tougher sell for iTunes 06/15/2004 07:34 PM
Europeans can now buy songs from the trend-setting service, but Apple won't repeat its staggering U.S. success.

iTunes Improves as Russians Sell By The
Pound

iTunes Improves as Russians Sell By The
Pound 04/28/2004 11:49 AM
Apple has released an update to iTunes, adding a new Party Shuffle mode that lets you aggregate different playlists into a live, dynamic mix, lossless encoding via the 'Apple Lossless Codec' (which is hopefully a FLAC implementation, and not just a high bit rate version of AAC), new links into...

Apple Euro iTunes Stores Sell 50m Songs
Year One

Apple Euro iTunes Stores Sell 50m Songs
Year One 06/24/2005 04:42 PM

Apple's European iTunes Music Stores have together sold more than 50m songs in their first 12 months in business, the company said today. By Tony Smith, The Register

CinemaNow to sell music videos

CinemaNow to sell music videos 03/17/2005 02:58 AM
Several of Microsoft's partners, including CinemaNow and MediaPass Network, will begin offering downloadable music videos online.

WalTunes ToS suck: they 0wn the music
they sell you, not you

WalTunes ToS suck: they 0wn the music
they sell you, not you 12/22/2003 11:19 AM
My co-worker Fred von Lohmann writes: "Wal-Mart launched a music download site today. Notice the rather breathtaking EULA terms (much more onerous than the Apple terms) -- Fair Use, First Sale, all other copyright exceptions are swallowed up by contractual prohibitions. Just as with software, these restrictions will almost certainly be selectively enforced against reverse engineers, would-be competitors, and tinkerers who disrupt the biz model. All backed up by WinMediaPlayer technical restrictions.

"And all completely useless at preventing Internet redistribution, since you can presumably record via analog outputs or burn to CD-R and re-encode to mp3.

"I say again: current DRM has nothing to do with preventing piracy, everything to do with impairing consumer rights, competition and innovation."

You are entitled to download, export, burn or copy Products solely for personal, noncommercial use in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Any burning or exporting capabilities are solely an accommodation to you and shall not constitute a grant or waiver of any rights of the copyright owners in any Product or in any content, sound recording, underlying musical composition, artwork or other copyrightable matter embodied in any Product. No right, title or interest in any downloaded Products or software is transferred to you as a result of any downloading or copying or otherwise. All rights in the Products are owned by WALMART.COM or its licensors and you have only a limited, nontransferable, nonexclusive, revocable, nonsublicensable right to use the Products for personal use in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

You may not reproduce (except as noted above), publish, transmit, distribute, display, broadcast, re-broadcast, modify, create derivative works from, sell or participate in any sale of or exploit in any way, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, any of the Products, the Service or any related software. You may not reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, modify or disable any copy protection or use limitation systems associated with the Products. You may not play and then re-digitize any Products, or upload those Products to the Internet. You may not use the Products in conjunction with any other third-party content (e.g, to provide sound for a film). You may not sell or offer to sell the Products, including but not limited to, posting any Product for auction, on any Internet auction site. All Products are sublicensed to you and not sold, notwithstanding the use of the terms "sell," "purchase," "order," or "buy" on the Service or in this Agreement.

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SBC to sell TV box to handle music,
Internet

SBC to sell TV box to handle music,
Internet 01/03/2005 09:45 PM
MSNBC Jan 4 2005 1:22AM GMT

Musicians Realizing They Have More To
Sell Than Just Music

Musicians Realizing They Have More To
Sell Than Just Music 07/06/2004 05:27 AM
Last year, for Good Morning Silicon Valley I wrote up a possible business model that encouraged free file sharing, with the core of the idea being that musicians offered a lot more to people than just the music on their CD. By seeing the music itself as a promotional item for other products, they could encourage more people to download their music for free, while still making money. It appears a few others are starting to get this idea, and while we've posted links to a few music labels like Magnatune and Loca that seem to get it somewhat, this New York Times article about ArtistShare suggests some musicians are really catching on. While most of the article focuses on how ArtistShare cuts out many of the middlemen, there are a couple of paragraphs that note that much of the focus is on letting the free downloadable music encourage people to sign up for much, much more -- such as "access to printed scores, rehearsal sessions, interviews, post-concert question-and-answer sessions and commentaries." Another musician offers an online music lesson. What's fascinating is that for the jazz artist most discussed in the piece, Maria Schneider, her fans are spending an average of $53 -- much more than they would spend on a CD. Also, much of that money goes directly to her, rather than to the record company. Now, the problem with this model still, is that it's small time, and there's no publicity included. So, none of the musicians are getting as much attention. However, they are getting more money, and that's a start. If more musicians realize they can start actually making money this way, then it may force more record labels to embrace this type of model -- while including promotions in the package.

RealNetworks to sell music at a loss

RealNetworks to sell music at a loss 08/17/2004 07:40 AM
USA Today Aug 17 2004 12:22PM GMT

The Opportunities To Sell Music The Way
People Want To Listen To It

The Opportunities To Sell Music The Way
People Want To Listen To It 04/06/2005 04:49 AM
For a while now, many people have been trying to point out to the music industry that their ongoing attempts to stop file sharing, rather than embrace it, has put them in the position of actually shutting down a huge opportunity. Mark Cuban's latest post does a good job articulating that sentiment. While his post is officially on why the CD is on its way out, what he's really talking about is the opportunity the music industry has if they just decided to sell straight MP3s, and made it easy for people to get them on whatever devices they use to hear music these days. His problem with the CD is that he doesn't listen to CDs any more. Instead, he listens to his iPod, so buying a CD requires a multi-step process before he can listen to it. The same is mostly true for online download stores: "To buy music these days, I have to make all kinds of choices... Do I want to limit myself to 5 computers. Do I want to always keep my subscription live. Do I want to store the music in a proprietary format that only a couple devices can use. Those are all tough decisions to make when the only thing I know with certainty is that the device I'm using as an MP3 player today, is NOT going to be the device I'm going to be using 18 months from now. There will be players that have more features, or I will consolidate multiple products into a single device. I may be using my phone, my PSP or PDA or something other device for my music." The point is pretty simple (and should be drilled into marketers heads): give people what they want. Music lovers just want music they can listen to without worrying about these hassles. When there's something lots of people want, there are always ways to make money off of it -- whether it's via Cuban's suggestion of selling the MP3s or some alternative means, such as using the MP3s to promote other aspects of the musicians in question (concerts, fan clubs, merchandise, etc.). Instead, the industry wastes time suing everyone and trying to come up with copy protection schemes that lower the value of the music. Embracing the opportunity to give people exactly what they want (reasonably priced music without restrictions in a standardized format) is a recipe for success -- and none of the major labels seem to see it.

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.

HP to sell portable music player based
on iPod

HP to sell portable music player based
on iPod 01/08/2004 08:27 PM
SiliconValley.com Jan 8 2004 8:12PM ET

RealNetworks Plans to Sell Digital Music
at Half Price

RealNetworks Plans to Sell Digital Music
at Half Price 08/17/2004 02:00 AM
RealNetworks is putting its digital music offerings on sale at half price as part of an aggressive strategy to force its way onto Apple Computer's popular iPod digital music player.

HP to Sell Own Version of Apple iPod
Music Player (Reuters)

HP to Sell Own Version of Apple iPod
Music Player (Reuters) 01/10/2004 01:32 AM
Reuters - Computer and printer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ.N) said on Thursday it will soon sell a digital music player based on Apple Computer Inc.'s (AAPL.O) wildly popular iPod player, and it announced plans for a home "entertainment hub."

Online music woes: I'd sell my soul for
total control

Online music woes: I'd sell my soul for
total control 09/03/2004 06:18 AM
Staronline.com - Fri Sep 3, 09:43 am GMT

T-Mobile Rings Up Music to Sell Download
Phones (Reuters)

T-Mobile Rings Up Music to Sell Download
Phones (Reuters) 06/28/2004 10:00 AM
Reuters - More of Europe's music fans will be able to use their mobile phone like a digital music player as Germany's T-Mobile (TMOG.UL) (DTEGn.DE) attempts to cash in on the song download craze.

Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno want to sell
their music online not to record labels

Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno want to sell
their music online not to record labels 01/26/2004 10:58 PM
Canadian Press via Canada.com Jan 27 2004 2:45AM GMT

CinemaNow Launches New Web Site to Sell
Music Videos On-Demand for PCs and
Mobile Devices

CinemaNow Launches New Web Site to Sell
Music Videos On-Demand for PCs and
Mobile Devices 03/17/2005 02:57 AM
WebWire Mar 17 2005 2:28AM GMT

CinemaNow Launches New Web Site To Sell
Music Videos On-Demand For PCs And
Mobile Devices New Podcasting Allia

CinemaNow Launches New Web Site To Sell
Music Videos On-Demand For PCs And
Mobile Devices New Podcasting Allia 03/17/2005 02:57 AM
Music Industry News Network Mar 17 2005 3:56AM GMT

iTunes Music Store

iTunes Music Store 07/05/2004 02:15 PM

I used the iTunes Music Store for the first time today. I actually didn't want to install it, but Apple is bundling it with QuickTime these days, so you have to get one to get the other. Then my wife, Annie, heard about it, and she wanted to try it.

It was a great experience. It's pretty much a matter of creating an account, finding a song, then clicking "Buy Song." You can even surpress the "Do you really want this song?" warning so you can just click with wild abandon, racking up $0.99 charges right and left.

The real test came when I taught Annie how to use it (because, you know, you can never have enough Celine Dion). She took to it right away. The search has a spellcheck feature, which is handy when trying to spell "Alanis Morrissette," and the idea of double-clicking a song to hear a clip is very intutive. Annie doesn't know the names of any of the songs she likes, but she knows what they sound like, so she just kept double-clicking until she heard what she wanted, then she hit "Buy Song."

The only glitch we ran into was that we first fired it up under my Windows account, logging into iTunes as Annie. Now, when we open iTunes under Annie's Windows account, again logging in to iTunes under her account, none of the "Purchased Music" we bought under my Windows account is there. For some reason, the purchased music is tied to a specific Windows account, not an iTunes account. I'm not quite sure what to do about this — if you know, drop me a line.

Some music isn't available as single tracks, for some reason. For instance, Annie wanted a song off the De-lovely soundtrack, but it was marked "Album Only." Depressing, but I'm sure there's some high-powered business reason for it.

We haven't tryed burning anything to a CD yet, but when I do, I'll let you all know how it goes. Hats off to Apple — iTunes is a great piece of work.

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DuPont to sell unit to Koch; Lowe's
profit up; Microsoft to offer online
music service in 2004

DuPont to sell unit to Koch; Lowe's
profit up; Microsoft to offer online
music service in 2004 11/17/2003 08:57 PM
Forbes Nov 17 2003 8:25PM ET

Other News: iTunes Music Store

Other News: iTunes Music Store 04/19/2004 09:43 AM
The Washington Post looks at the pros and cons of Apple's online music system.

What I'd Like To See Addeed To The
iTunes Music Store

What I'd Like To See Addeed To The
iTunes Music Store 11/12/2003 09:06 PM
So here goes... By Chuck Toporek (O'Reilly Network via MyAppleMenu)

Report: iTunes Music Stores

Report: iTunes Music Stores 06/21/2004 10:56 AM
glitches accessing the U.K. store, limited content

iTunes Music Store Recommendation

iTunes Music Store Recommendation 11/13/2003 01:48 AM
Since it's getting close to the holiday season it's time for some holiday music. So thanks to Goat for pointing me to Christmas Remixed...

iTunes Music Store over 700,000 songs

iTunes Music Store over 700,000 songs 04/28/2004 11:33 AM
On Apple's updated iTunes web site, the company states that the music store offers a, "selection of more than 700,000 songs." The previous number was 500,000. Steve Jobs said today to expect the number to grow to a million by the end of the year.

iTunes Music Alarm Clock 5.3

iTunes Music Alarm Clock 5.3 09/06/2004 11:14 PM
iTunes Music Alarm Clock is a stay-open script application that transforms iTunes into a music alarm and has an extended functionality from the file track management tools that are bundled with it.

RSS feeds come to iTunes Music Store

RSS feeds come to iTunes Music Store 01/22/2004 12:52 PM
Rich Site Summary (RSS) is an XML-related protocol that continues to gain in popularity. Sites like MacCentral and hundreds of others -- even many Weblogs -- offer RSS feeds to help readers stay abreast of the latest headlines. Now you can use that technology to get a handle on what's happening at the iTunes Music Store, thanks to a nifty new Web application from Apple.

DailyTunes.com: iTunes Music
Recommendations

DailyTunes.com: iTunes Music
Recommendations 10/29/2003 12:13 AM

AOL Integrates iTunes Music Store

AOL Integrates iTunes Music Store 12/18/2003 02:16 PM
Apple and AOL today announced that AOL members can now preview, purchase, and download songs from the iTunes Music Store by clicking an iTunes button placed next to featured song titles. In addition to the normal iTMS offerings, AOL members also get access to exclusive content from their "Sessions@AOL" and "Broadband Rocks" series.

Use two iTunes libraries and one Music
folder

Use two iTunes libraries and one Music
folder 03/25/2005 11:25 AM
Suppose you are in a household with two Macs. Each person has a copy of iTunes installed. They both want access to the same music directory, but they both want it to be part of their own library. iTunes already makes it easy...

Apple - iTunes - Music Store

Apple - iTunes - Music Store 06/15/2004 03:14 PM
Apple iTunes Music Store (Europe) .. been launched .. there

apple.com/uk/itunes/store
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