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Canonical betas Ubuntu music store
Windows Media downloads ‘not recommended’ Canonical is privately beta testing a DRM-free Ubuntu music store, slated to debut with the Lucid Lynx distro in late April.…
Continue reading »Apple: iPhone App and iTunes stores don’t make money
How to hook a fanboi Apple’s App Store and iTunes Store aren’t moneymakers. They’re lures for prospective handset customers.… ?
Continue reading »Netflix to Hollywood: Video Streaming “New Opportunity” Not Threat
Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos, a former video-store clerk, is trying to convince movie studios that offering online video streaming won’t “destroy the ecosystem,” that in fact it’s “creating a new opportunity” to reach consumers. Netflix has always had a penchant for seeing the future and adapting its business model accordingly, and unlike Blockbuster Video, once the behemoth of the video rental industry, it has flourished over the years (profits are up 22% since last year alone). So when it approaches content providers with an idea for how to improve distribution and reach even more consumers you’d think they’d be eager listen to what it has to say.
Continue reading »The Beatles and Their Antipiracy Request
The Beatles sell their music on 30,000 apple-shaped USB drives in FLAC 44.1KHz 24bit—higher than 16-bit CD quality—and 320Kbps MP3 files but worry about illegal file sharing Earlier this month we reported about digital music store BlueBeat being sued by EMI for releasing Beatles songs as Mp3s without a license. Since then the big record label has triumphed in court against the US site and all the matter is now water under the bridge but another issue is yet to be cleared – what exactly keeps The Beatles music unavailable over the big net? ArsTechnica has took on answering this question – founded in January 1968 by The Beatles themselves, Apple Corps Ltd.
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