Oh dear
My finances are about to take a turn for the
worse - Apple has released the iTunes Music Store in the
UK!
Okay so it's been a long time coming and there are some issues with the independent labels having not signed on (who's willing to bet that the "example of a monopolistic American company trying to dictate terms" is more like Apple trying not to get taken to the cleaners by cut-throat wannabe record labels with a puffed-up sense of self-importance) but I'd be very surprised if these factors have the affect everyone keeps saying they will (keep in mind that the US iTMS had similar issues when it started but they've pretty much all been overcome now).
Since everyone else seems so found of making predictions about the imminent death of the iPod and the iTunes Music Store I've decided to add my own totally unfounded prediction (I've deliberately steered clear of including any facts so as to not taint this prediction with any element of reality, thus keeping it inline with the majority of other iPod/Music Store opinion currently touted in the popular press). Anywhere, here's my prediction: the European iTunes operations will out-sell all existing European download services (the entire OD2 cadre, Napster, etc.) within a month of being online.
Okay so it's been a long time coming and there are some issues with the independent labels having not signed on (who's willing to bet that the "example of a monopolistic American company trying to dictate terms" is more like Apple trying not to get taken to the cleaners by cut-throat wannabe record labels with a puffed-up sense of self-importance) but I'd be very surprised if these factors have the affect everyone keeps saying they will (keep in mind that the US iTMS had similar issues when it started but they've pretty much all been overcome now).
Since everyone else seems so found of making predictions about the imminent death of the iPod and the iTunes Music Store I've decided to add my own totally unfounded prediction (I've deliberately steered clear of including any facts so as to not taint this prediction with any element of reality, thus keeping it inline with the majority of other iPod/Music Store opinion currently touted in the popular press). Anywhere, here's my prediction: the European iTunes operations will out-sell all existing European download services (the entire OD2 cadre, Napster, etc.) within a month of being online.
Posted: Tue - June 15, 2004 at 01:10 PM
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