DJ Profiles, MP3 music, Forum, Daily articles and news about electronica, streams, chat, and gear.
Users of the iTunes digital music store have downloaded more than 250 million songs, according to Apple. Although users are downloading one and a quarter million songs per day it still doesn't compare with illegal file sharing networks. iTunes is currently looking at an annual run rate of almost half a billion songs downloaded per year. Steve Jobs states, "When we launched the iTunes Music Store we were hoping to sell a million songs in the first six months—now we're selling over a million songs every day, and we've sold over a quarter billion songs in total. iTunes is leading the way into the digital music era and together with iPod is changing the way millions of music lovers find and enjoy their music." Apple's iTunes offers iMix playlist sharing, seamless integration with iPod and integrated digital rights management technology. From the appearance of Apple's press releases and marketing campaigns, they seem to be trying to compete with illegal file-sharing networks rather than other download stores, like Rhapsody. Although the iTunes Music Store features more than one million songs from the major music companies and 600 independent record labels, over 9,000 audiobooks, gift certificates and exclusive music not found anywhere else online, you still cannot buy classic albums from The Beatles, Led Zepelin and many other artist mainstays. Until Apple can convince the music industry that ALL artists should be available on iTunes, it will never be a one-stop shopping destination for music consumers. Other Links · Apple Launches iPod Shuffle Advertisement Latest Headlines · Listen: Anna Vissi Releases Call Me Remixes · Exclusive Eric Prydz Call On Me Video Re-Release · Woman Claims She Was Drugged and Raped by Snoop · InternetDJ Best Of 2004 Live Radio Show Popular Headlines (30 days) · Exclusive Eric Prydz Call On Me Video Re-Release · Video: Commander Tom's Attention! Released · Paul Van Dyk, Carl Cox Confirm Ultra Music Festival · InternetDJ Announces Top 100 Tracks From 2004 Most Popular Headlines of All Time · Video: Eric Prydz Sweating with Hot 80s Chicks · Video: Michael Gray's Weekend is Here · Video: Junior Jack Stupid Disco Bikini Boxing · Video: Benny Benassi Satisfaction Latest MP3 Additions (More...) "Ravenate" - Dj n0x "TL (Time for Lunch)" - Bent Killer "Vise la Umbra de >" - DrQBIK "Overceiling" - DJ Froggy "Beautiful Angel(1>" - Dorphi Latest Music Videos (More...) "Memory Lane" - JaMm3r "Knicknacks & Trop>" - Frequ "Untitled #193" - JaMm3r "Graviton Pulse" - Zetan Spore "Transwarp" - Zetan Spore