Napster Launches in UK iTunes to follow??

Well if Apple take too long after this then all those stories about it being the label's fault and not Apple's will start to look a bit hollow. If Napster's up and running and iTunes isn't, why is that?

The longer they wait, the more napster will build a strong user base, leaving less and less for iTMS. People won't switch form Napster to iTMS since they won't be able to play their napster purchased songs on an iPod.

Hurry up Apple! You can do it!

it is way too costy at 99 pence it is 1.77 american dollard

tofi said:

it is way too costy at 99 pence it is 1.77 american dollard

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Just curious. How does that 99 pence price for a song compares to the price of a solid album (10-15 songs) you'd buy from a brick and mortar store?

99 pence does sound expensive but my bet is that Apple does'nt have the last word on pricing.

Seems a bit expensive to me at 99p or £1.09 for the non-subscription service. I think they are selling complete albums for £9.99.

Compared to HMV or Virgin Megastore this is OK (they charge anything from 11.99 to 15.99 for a CD album).

But, Supermarkets sell all the chart albums for about 8.99 or 9.99 and CD-WOW is also cheaper.

I won't be using Napster (or ITMS at these prices) for most of my music purchases. I may buy the odd song there.

To use it for all purchases it would have to be cheaper - or at least as cheap - as buying a CD - I guess around £7.50 for an album or 75p a track.

So lemme get this straight, because I have something called common sense and this doesn't make any sense to me. Apple can't get iTMS Europe started because of problems with the big music labels/companies. Napster has/had to go through the same music labels to get permission to sell songs over the internet, and they got the permission they needed. Apple can't because they can't get permission to sell the exact same friggin thing!

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So lemme get this straight, because I have something called common sense and this doesn't make any sense to me. Apple can't get iTMS Europe started because of problems with the big music labels/companies. Napster has/had to go through the same music labels to get permission to sell songs over the internet, and they got the permission they needed. Apple can't because they can't get permission to sell the exact same friggin thing!

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It is worth noting that the Napster service is UK only. We can only hope that Apple is attempting a somewhat more wide reaching coverage at launch...

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So lemme get this straight, because I have something called common sense and this doesn't make any sense to me. Apple can't get iTMS Europe started because of problems with the big music labels/companies. Napster has/had to go through the same music labels to get permission to sell songs over the internet, and they got the permission they needed. Apple can't because they can't get permission to sell the exact same friggin thing!

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Yes, they can't, and the reason was in an article a while ago. The labels are afraid to let apple be the first in every market to keep them from becoming another "MTV." Nice isn't it?