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   Anonymous Coward, Aug 6th, 2004 @ 11:16am

   
   

   Mike, have you ever used the iPod and iTunes store ?
   
   If so, what is your take on that experience versus another on line music store ?

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   iTMS and money

   

   Bill Doors, Aug 6th, 2004 @ 12:35pm

   
   

   Correction: iTunes Music Store does not make much money. Look at the previous reports from Apple. It does make some, i.e. it's not a loss leader or break-even venture.

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   It does make sense in a twisted sort of way...

   

   signal7, Aug 9th, 2004 @ 10:43am

   
   

   
   Apple might not be making much, but the recording industry is probably making a lot of money off of ITMS. I could see where Apple may have signed into an exclusive contract with the recording industry for the sole purpose of pushing the iPod. Contrary to that, the recording industry may have put in an exclusive option to prevent Apple/Fairplay from becoming the defacto standard. I mean, if you have one standard used for all devices and some cracker breaks that standard, then everyone will be sharing their tunes online. Even worse, patching the hole would be a BIG problem since you'd have to patch every device on the market. We can't have that, can we?

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   Why not the other way around?

   

   Permanent4, Aug 9th, 2004 @ 3:32pm

   
   

   Why don't more MP3 player manufacturers just license the MPEG-4 AAC codec? It's already public knowledge that you can take the DRM off an iTunes Music Store purchase. If the resulting files could be playable in other MP3 players, why don't companies like iRiver and Creative and Rio go for that? It's not like they have a vested interest in the success of Windows Media, is it?
   

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