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Post by lotusleaf1987 » Mon, Nov 15, 2010, 3:53 PM UTC

iTunes.com? or a subscription service like Zune Pass?

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Post by bradly » Mon, Nov 15, 2010, 3:53 PM UTC

The Beatles maybe?

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Post by rmc » Mon, Nov 15, 2010, 3:55 PM UTC

smackfu wrote: post #16

J3L2404 wrote: post #2

My money is on Apple's music streaming service, but it seems awfully quick since the LaLa acquisition.

Is music streaming really that hard a service, that you would need to acquire someone to figure it out? Apple already does DRM'd video streaming, and that's a much more difficult problem.

The hardest part is not the technology, but getting it all legal and accepted by the music companies.

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Post by wangluxiaoyu » Mon, Nov 15, 2010, 3:57 PM UTC

kieranyo wrote: post #12

I would love it to be an all you can eat music service ala Spotify.

Unrestricted music transfer over IPv6?

I'll enjoy the fantasy for today at least.

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Post by yardie » Mon, Nov 15, 2010, 3:57 PM UTC

sandipc wrote: post #18

smackfu wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is music streaming really that hard a service, that you would need to acquire someone to figure it out? Apple already does DRM'd video streaming, and that's a much more difficult problem.

I think they mainly acquired Lala for their streaming deals with content providers.

I find that hard to believe. As the 800lb gorilla in online music I'm absolutely certain they could hammer out a streaming deal with the contacts they already have.

The only thing to stop streaming getting into iTunes is boss Jobs himself.

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Post by uptown » Mon, Nov 15, 2010, 4:00 PM UTC

bradly wrote: post #22

The Beatles maybe?

I still don't understand why the Beatles being on iTunes is such a big deal. Anybody that cares about the Beatles already has their music, and it's already synced to their iDevice. At this point, it's nothing more than a business deal between Apple and the Beatles music label. Why should anybody else care?

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Post by lylejohnson » Mon, Nov 15, 2010, 4:00 PM UTC

I'm voting for either cloud storage or The Beatles.

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Post by erenemre » Mon, Nov 15, 2010, 4:02 PM UTC

Finally they're changing the iTunes icon. This might be the new one. http://dribbble.com/shots/51495-ItUnEs-10-1

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Post by pavlov » Mon, Nov 15, 2010, 4:03 PM UTC

AFAIK, iTunes movie rentals are still not available outside USA and UK. This could be the launch of global movie rentals.

That would explain the Euro-friendly timing of the announcement (7 am California, 4 pm Paris).

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Post by jgrahamc » Mon, Nov 15, 2010, 4:06 PM UTC

pavlov wrote: post #29

AFAIK, iTunes movie rentals are still not available outside USA and UK. This could be the launch of global movie rentals. That would explain the Euro-friendly timing of the announcement (7 am California, 4 pm Paris).

You can rent movies in the French store; I've done it.