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Apple Not Likely to Introduce Cloud-Based or Subscription iTunes Tomorrow?

hitekalex said:
And I am saying that the age-long dispute between "Apple the computer company" and "Apple the music label" is utterly irrelevant and inconsequential to 99.9% of the people out there. I love Beatles music, but I could give a hoot about their dispute and whether it ever gets "resolved" (whatever that even means today).
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I guess you didn't read my whole post. I said that it probably wouldn't be a big deal for Apple consumers but would be a HUGE deal for Apple and Apple Music.

hitekalex said:
Yes, the fact that they refuse to release their music in digital format is irrelevant. Anyone who has remote interest in Beatles music have either burned their CDs or downloaded their music via torrents at this point.
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Pure speculation. For one thing, the vast majority of digital music consumers don't have the first clue about torrents, and among those who do there's a significant percentage who don't use torrent services because they don't want to steal music. Furthermore, I'd wager that many, if not most consumers of digital music have never ripped a CD in their lives.

If you think that so many Beatles fans already have the music in digital format that having it available on iTunes won't have any impact, you're dead wrong. As I already said, and you can mark my words on this, if/when The Beatles come to iTunes they'll become THE top selling band on iTunes in the wink of an eye. That's how popular they still are.
 
Brinkman said:
I just can't believe that htey'll take away the MacBook Air and all the other front page stuff just to announce the beatles on itunes.
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Again, if you understand the long relationship between Apple and Apple Music I think you'd be less inclined to think that.

Brinkman said:
Anyone who likes the beatles already ripped their CD's to iTunes already.
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If you have some way to back up that statement with verifiable evidence, I'd love to see it. Until then it's pure unsupported speculation.
 
Wasn't the 90 second previews deal for the US itunes store only? If so can't be that, with the London and Toyko clocks on the teaser.
 
Why would there need to be new contracts? Didn't Apple buy Lala which had streaming contracts?

I still think streaming is on the table.
 
ultranoia said:
I wonder if there is a never-before-seen/heard "Let It Be" session featuring the all the Beatles performing "Another Day."
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I'm not sure John Lennon's presence would add quite the right je ne sais quoi to such an event. Though I suppose at this point he doesn't smell bad anymore.
 
topmounter said:
I never understood why adding the Beatles to iTunes is a big deal... it's not like Beatles fans haven't already ripped their Beatles CD's and loaded the songs into iTunes.
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I have to agree. Although it might be nice to download one song from a particular album the user does not own.
 
iTunes Newstand?

Clocks - newsroom style
You won't forget the day because you can download newspapers from that day?
 
astrofoo said:
Why would there need to be new contracts? Didn't Apple buy Lala which had streaming contracts?

I still think streaming is on the table.
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They did buy Lala. Lala did have streaming contracts. A lot of them. One-time full preview, and a dime a song for web streaming, plus personal library upload for streaming authorization w/o additional fees for music you already own. Unless those contracts stipulated automatic termination of terms should Lala change hands, those contracts not past expiry are still in place. So I wouldn't hardly count out streaming, either.
 
Sky Blue said:
iTunes Newstand?

Clocks - newsroom style
You won't forget the day because you can download newspapers from that day?
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That could be it. There's no doubt that some kind of newsstand type front end is coming. Given the fact that much of the publishing industry thinks that digital distribution is the only path to redemption from their current steep downward spiral, it's not unlikely that they're looking to Apple for the killer solution.
 
Omg brainwave!

Just thought of something totally freaking awesome! Maybe iTunes comes to 2010 and has support for all video codecs and FLAC music! :eek: i have shivers going down my back at the thought of it, i would love my music and all my videos in iTunes!
 
The more I think about it...

Cloud based iTunes and/or Subscription service would be big enough they would warrant their own Keynotes.

I'm leaning more toward Beatles on iTunes...however lackluster I feel about it, because I already have the Beatles music I want.
 
Introducing the new iTunes Mobile Sharing - Streaming your home library over the internet to your mobile gadgets
 
Surf Monkey said:
Pure speculation. For one thing, the vast majority of digital music consumers don't have the first clue about torrents, and among those who do there's a significant percentage who don't use torrent services because they don't want to steal music. Furthermore, I'd wager that many, if not most consumers of digital music have never ripped a CD in their lives.

If you think that so many Beatles fans already have the music in digital format that having it available on iTunes won't have any impact, you're dead wrong. As I already said, and you can mark my words on this, if/when The Beatles come to iTunes they'll become THE top selling band on iTunes in the wink of an eye. That's how popular they still are.
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If you have some way to back up that statement with verifiable evidence, I'd love to see it. Until then it's pure unsupported speculation.
 
Cloud storage

Looks more and more like Apple will enable cloud storage of media you have already purchased from Apple. But only if it's OK with the movie/TV studios and recording labels.

Apple has probably already tested their NC data center, most likely by streaming the MacBook Air media event. So now it's time to go live with streaming users' media catalogs.
 
ultranoia said:
I wonder if there is a never-before-seen/heard "Let It Be" session featuring the all the Beatles performing "Another Day." It might constitute a new, previously unknown Beatles song.... and a dramatic way to launch the Beatles on iTunes.

Obviously, I'm pulling that theory completely out of my arse.
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Best and most original idea I've seen so far.
 
Surf Monkey said:
I guess you didn't read my whole post. I said that it probably wouldn't be a big deal for Apple consumers but would be a HUGE deal for Apple and Apple Music.
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Nah.. It would not be a huge deal even for Apple-the-computer-company. I guarantee you Steve Jobs has spent zero time thinking about Apple Music this year.. it's just nerd trivia at this point.

Surf Monkey said:
Pure speculation. For one thing, the vast majority of digital music consumers don't have the first clue about torrents, and among those who do there's a significant percentage who don't use torrent services because they don't want to steal music. Furthermore, I'd wager that many, if not most consumers of digital music have never ripped a CD in their lives.
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That's your speculation as well, isn't it? My parents are their 60's, and they rip CDs regularly. I am not saying Beatles on iTunes would generate zero sales - they would probably generate SOME. But it wouldn't even come close to a level of interest their remastered Box Set generated in 2009.. because music fans buy the CD Set as a collectors item.. while MP3's from iTunes have no intrinsic value - it's a waste of money if you already own the CDs.

Time will tell.
 
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