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Apple Not Likely to Introduce Cloud-Based or Subscription iTunes Tomorrow?
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... and all the Facebook haters all the sudden claim this as the greatest thing ever and Steve Jobs is brilliant!
What gives anybody the idea of 90 sec previews?? Depending on how much time you have and how many songs you're buying at a time, who would listen to a 90 sec preview?? And that's just increasing the # of songs that can be played all the way through without buying it. And wouldn't 60 sec work instead of a whopping 90 sec??
Probably got the idea from all the stories in recent days saying that Apple was going to do 90 second previews including a leaked copy of the letter Apple sent to record companies.
If you don't want to listen to 90 seconds before buying, then don't. It's hard to imagine users complaining about the option to listen to more.
And it only applies to songs over 2:30, shorter songs will still have a thirty second preview.
And your point is what exactly? That Beatles music on iTunes will sell decent number of copies over the next decade? Well, OK - I will go with that.
The point that I am making is that Beatles release on iTunes is NOT a major event in 2010. It would have been a big deal in 2004, in the early days of digital music revolution.. but not now.
In 2010 - "The Beatles coming to iTunes" rumor just fails to generate excitement, sorry to break it to you. Yeah, it will get some press for half a day, and they will sell some copies over time. But "something you will never forget" event? Hardly.
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Because Steve said was. Get with it man!!
Yeah the question was rhetorical and meant to demonstrate that Apple marketing isn't exactly correlated with reality.
'Guess they will announce the end of iTunes and tell everyone to switch to Grooveshark. 
Or maybe The Beatles will be available for download ... Or how about the release of a brand new final Michael Jackson album ONLY available on iTunes. Or how about a 200% price increase on everything. Exciting times.
Or maybe The Beatles will be available for download ... Or how about the release of a brand new final Michael Jackson album ONLY available on iTunes. Or how about a 200% price increase on everything. Exciting times.
I'm 23- I very much so care about the Beatles, and I have about 10 friends that do also. Good try.
My friend, don't mistake what YOU think is a big deal, and what many, many other people find to be a big deal. If you are anything of an Apple nerd like myself, you would know the history of the Beatles and iTunes, and how BIG of a deal it has been that they haven't been included. Given that, I would think that releasing The Beatles catalogue on iTunes would be substantial news to not only millions of people, but within the popular media as well.
But hey, we're only speculating what will happen tomorrow- so why argue? But in any case, I'm right, and you re wrong
dangit....its probably the Beatles....."just another day"......."you'LL" never forget.....clocks
i like the Beatles...but come on, why make such a big announcement for an artist finally coming into itunes....i will easily forget this
i like the Beatles...but come on, why make such a big announcement for an artist finally coming into itunes....i will easily forget this
I don't think tomorrow's announcement will be about the Beatles in iTunes, but I can see why it could be a big deal.
Yes, Beatles fans have bought the CDs (the originals or the recently release remastered), but they are not the target of selling Beatles songs on iTunes. The non-Beatle fans are.
The last decade (2000-2009) the best selling CD in the US was 1: The Beatles.
Beatles fans already had the albums, so there was no need for the 1 album? The non-Beatle fans bought them. Hopefully those people (or others like them) will by the song on iTunes.
Maybe someone just likes "Hey Jude" but doesn't want to by the whole album. Now they can if it is in iTunes.
Nope. Maybe that is why the game Beatles: Rock Band was successful
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Word is the data center is not ready yet. Also, and this is slightly above the level of valley bar talk, word is a big promotion line is "Do you know where your data is in the cloud?" Many of these cloud computing centers operate overseas in China and India where data security laws may not have any extradition nor enforcement of existing data privacy laws.
Thus, you could have mission / business critical data being harvested by someone to learn your trends. Worst it could be IP like source code, bill of materials, CAD files or even business plans that they data center hosting the cloud could compromise without recourse.
A big "hole in the cloud" could be the like, "Our cloud data center is in the domestic USA and we respect all data privacy laws and we don't mine nor access any of your data." Once the consumer public becomes aware of that, many of these other cloud data centers hosted overseas come into question.
Interesting times afoot.
I too am expecting the announcement is more about content than product features. The album cover feature in iTunes would be great for the Beatles artwork.
Personally, I'm hoping for a new online guerrilla marketing of the whole "Paul is dead" urban legend like was done in a DVD release awhile ago. Hidden links on the artwork jumping to various website with "secret" video of the automotive accident scene and "hidden" cameras of Faul learning Paul's chords and posture would be a lot of fun.
Dude, the casual and noticeable quality of audio to the casual record listener hasn't changed much since the 1960's. Only the hardcore audiophile geeks that only drive about 10% of media sales have noticed a difference. Breaking it down by decade, there are a handful of bands and song in each of those eras that are becoming near immortal. For the 60's the Beatles and Hendix are alive and well and their estates are still selling well.
While I can't speak for the Beatles, I know a few that worked with the Hendrix estate that say less than 25% of Jimmi's recorded music has been released to this day. Many of Jimmi's unreleased works are duets with other stars of that era that never signed the right release papers.
Also, the 80's Roland-synthetic inspired music is also becoming immortal with high school kids today playing twenty year old 80s tunes cause "This hip-hop stuff sucks!" Then there is Nirvana of the 90's that is also becoming immortal.
It is tracks like that which give iTunes its legs -- a very affordable distribution medium of music that is much cheaper than pressing CDs or vinyl which is only a few screen touches away from any consumer willing to drop a few dollars to listen to it.
And that is part of the Gnostic philosophies that IMO, is one of the things that drives Apple and many other leading companies.
Too many people just observe reality, make the mistake of accepting everything handed to them instead of refusing some agreements. This keeps someone at affect of the world instead of making a mark in it.
Was told there was a mass firing at Apple when the iPod project started up. This kept a lot of people who just wanted to pay for their retirement and mortgage inside The Loop from dissing new developments like the iPod.
It all leads to that one meta-physical question, "If everyone on the planet says the sky is another color, does it change just on that agreement?"
Science is nice as long as it doesn't rule your life.
How is the Mac App Store (something totally separate from iTunes) the most likely suggestion to a teaser about an iTunes announcement?
I predict them opening up the platform in one way or the other. Syncing with non-Apple devices? Audio and/or video streaming subscription service? Personal library streaming to your iDevices?
The thing that intrigues me the most is that they're announcing something "big" without an event. Either their announcement isn't that big a deal or they're testing how some launches could happen in a post-Jobs Apple.
If it's just the Beatles I will be sooooo disappointed. I bought the entire CD album collection which was released many years ago, after my vinyl albums were borrowed and never returned (moved to a different State, ugh). They were released about one every month or so, can't remember exactly. I've never imported them into iTunes and most have never been played. When I was a teenager and had my own band we played all English music, Beatles, Stones, etc, etc, etc, then switched to Motown. English and Motown, now THATS music.
. I bought the entire CD album collection which was released many years ago, after my vinyl albums were borrowed and never returned (moved to a different State, ugh). They were released about one every month or so, can't remember exactly. I've never imported them into iTunes and most have never been played. When I was a teenager and had my own band we played all English music, Beatles, Stones, etc, etc, etc, then switched to Motown. English and Motown, now THATS music.
just watching some tv and saw a commercial about "the cloud" from Microsoft and i just thought this was a funny coincidence.
"that also makes it very unlikely that Apple does the next best thing: Letting users upload their iTunes catalog to the cloud, and letting them access it anywhere they want."
Lack of new rights deals does not determine whether I can access my music anywhere I want. That right is already fully intact.
Lack of new rights deals does not determine whether I can access my music anywhere I want. That right is already fully intact.