Core Dump
Core Dump RSSStephen Withers turns his gaze on the world of Apple, with detours into other aspects of IT and communications as they catch his attention.
Technology news and Jobs arrow Our Blogs arrow Core Dump arrow Subscription music coming to iTunes? Maybe!
Subscription music coming to iTunes? Maybe! E-mail
by Stephen Withers   
Thursday, 21 August 2008
My suspicion is that the music companies see subscriptions as one of the few remaining options in the face of file sharing. And the iTunes Store is the biggest music retailer in the US, so it makes sense for the labels to exploit that position.

If that is the case, I hope Apple has taken advantage of the negotiations to get the remaining majors to yield on the question of selling unprotected tracks through the iTunes Store. They all offer them through other big download services such as Amazon (and even BigPond in Australia), so why not through iTunes?

MDN's tipster also hints at changes to the iPhone and iPod touch to provide access to content stored on an iDisk, as well as photo syncing through MobileMe.

Please enable JavaScript in your browser to post your comment!


Get stories like this delivered daily - FREE - subscribe now


 
< Next story in category   Previous story in the category >
iTWire user statistics Visitors last 30 days
Suscribers
904,266
13,751
#1 independent technology news advertise here
  •   *  
  • Search
  • AdvSeach
  • Login
  • Events
  • FreeStuff
Subscribe to our free e-newsletter