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Apple Announces Beatles Collection

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Re: Apple Announces Beatles Collection

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Post by roc »

itg wrote: post #9

This was blown way out of proportion by the media. Did anyone really think Apple would introduce streaming without Steve Jobs doing a presentation on it?

The media has no vested interest in maintaining skepticism anymore, on any event, in any context.

People keep coming back to the respective sites no matter how many times they blow minor things out of proportion. No matter how many times they construct huge stories around zero facts. No matter how many times they skew things into a false dichotomy to rile up bases. No matter how many times they ignore the important in favor of the soundbite.

So, yeah, of course it was blown out of proportion. They had nothing else easy to write about that would garner half as much attention as veiled promises of magic from Cupertino on an otherwise quiet Monday.

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Post by coliveira »

DrJokepu wrote: post #14
sandipc wrote: post #7

today's a day I won't forget? The day Apple announced yet another way to buy songs from the world's most popular band?

It's a reference to Beatles's[del][del][del] Paul McCartney's song "Another Day". And this is kind of a big deal as Beatles was one of the last really big top-tier bands that blocked every attempt to distribute their records online. They still cannot be streamed on Spotify but it's just a question of time now. I feel that many people here don't really appreciate the importance of this. This is really the beginning of…

I think this is more like the end of the end... The traditional model is dead for many years already.

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Post by modernerd »

Worth noting that the dispute dates back to 1978, so it's a big deal for many that it's come to an end; perhaps not for people who aren't interested in buying music they already own, but the achievement's still worth celebrating.

It's hard for Apple to announce anything quietly these days, so I think they've managed it pretty well; a leak to the WSJ, an understated holding page (albeit with a rather bold claim), and a stylish full-screen feature on the homepage.

Anything bolder might have raised even more false hopes of something 'bigger'. Anything more demure and it might have failed to give credit to a quarrel that's lasted over three decades.

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Post by jokermatt999 »

itg wrote: post #9

This was blown way out of proportion by the media. Did anyone really think Apple would introduce streaming without Steve Jobs doing a presentation on it?

Hacker News was a part of that too though. There was a 100+ comment thread speculating what it would be.

Re: Apple Announces Beatles Collection

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Post by Tyrannosaurs »

coliveira wrote: post #26
DrJokepu wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a reference to Beatles's[del][del][del] Paul McCartney's song "Another Day". And this is kind of a big deal as Beatles was one of the last really big top-tier bands that blocked every attempt to distribute their records online. They still cannot be streamed on Spotify but it's just a question of time now. I feel that many people here don't really appreciate the importance of this. This is really the beginning of…

I think this is more like the end of the end... The traditional model is dead for many years already.

CD sales still account for a greater proportion of sales than downloads (though likely to change shortly).

I think the end of the end is still some time away. Vinyl has supposedly been dead for some time but they still seem to sell a fair amount of it.

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