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Re: Universal to sell DRM-free music with Google’s help

enhancement — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:43:29 -0000

The catalog differences of gBox and iTunes even match that plan well.

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Jones — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:45:17 -0000

I hate Itunes.. and i think the music industry makes enough as it is.

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Dan — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:22:57 -0000

Nice article.... I also hate I tunes. And I agree that music companies should be happy with whatever they get...

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Jake — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:54:25 -0000

Nice article.. I guees we will see what happens in a few months!!

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john — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:19:04 -0000

I hate Itunes.. and i think the music industry makes enough as it is.

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Steve K. Gets Google Ads Free — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:31:14 -0000

Yea I agree I hate Itunes and won't use it. As for the music sales, the music companies should be happy with whatever they get, talk about gouging consumers.

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C.A.Sizemore — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 19:01:17 -0000

That is not a music store that is a PIA. I hope they relaunch with a better store front then gBox.com. I am really hoping Universal/Google make a good run at this and it needs a Podcatching client so I can fire iTunes and delete it.

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Erkko — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:00:08 -0000

This is a great move from Google. They are just creating an opportunity to have the exact same model with Apple for iTunes, and at the same time getting profits also from Universal's content sales. The catalog differences of gBox and iTunes even match that plan well.

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Richard Tallent — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 03:32:46 -0000

If the new DRM-free files are 128kbps MP3s, I think I'll pay the extra $0.30 for 256kbps AAC.

And if Universal is so hell-bent on finding lots of providers to distribute this new service, why not make iTunes one of those venues? For those of us with Macs, iPods, and/or iPhones, the integration is convenient.

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David Mackey — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:15:01 -0000

Hmmm...Not a big fan of name or logo. Off to a bad start in my book.

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Pilonog — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:14:56 -0000

@Josh: "There" is not a typo. If you read the whole sentence, it says, There (gBox) songs will cost 99 cents, referring to the store as a place, not to the songs as a possession.

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Ed — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:05:47 -0000

This may work, but people won't just leave itunes because gbox sells songs 30 cents less. Plus, itunes has very high quality music, lets see how the gbox music sounds.

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Morgan — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:24:16 -0000

I realize this is supposed to be non-DRM but the last place I'd buy anything digital at this point is Google after the video fiasco. The only DRMed movie I have that still works is Zoolander that I got free from AOL last year. And Google couldn't come up with a solution beyond a $2 with strings attached settlement. Bogus.

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Gil Janus — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:08:55 -0000

From the gbox.com website:

Hey, you need to be on a Windows machine and use Internet Explorer to play with gBox.
We are working hard to support FireFox users and the Mac, but it will take some time. Big apologies for the inconvenience.

So much for selling to Apple computer using folks. Also, I don't use Firefox, I use Safari.

Re: Universal to sell DRM-free music with Google’s help

Josh — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:01:54 -0000

Advice: The typo is in the use of the word "There" (rather than their). DRM Free tracks on iTunes are $1.29 each. Less $0.30 = $0.99.

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RPenn — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:51:27 -0000

Universal also announced that it would be selling DRM-free music downloads through both Wal-Mart and Best Buy websites.

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Vo Beatdown — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:41:09 -0000

Advice Network, iTunes DRM free songs cost $1.32. The ones >with

Re: Universal to sell DRM-free music with Google’s help

Advice Network — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:35:35 -0000

"There DRM-free songs from the Universal catalog will cost 99 cents, 30 cents less than what the iTMS sells DRM-free music from the EMI label. Together Universal and EMI are two of the top four record labels in the world."

Is that a typo? How is $0.99 $0.30 less than $0.99?