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"iTunes Music store launched today!"

The time is 11:07, which means at this very moment Apple is holding a press conference in London. The iTunes Music Store is launched today, meaning you can download any track you like for £0.99. There's also free demo's and some iTMS exclusives, so download iTunes [URL]http://www.apple.com/itunes[/URL] and check it out.

Of course, iTMS won't be up just yet ;)

"Franz Ferdinand, Basement Jaxx and The White Stripes and a host of other bands including So Solid Crew, Badly Drawn Boy, Cold Cut, Dizzee Rascal and Craig David are refusing to license their music to iTunes."

:O

Bah, I hate it already.

I can't use Visa Electron with it.

*dies*

It's open ...

Damn you, Chipseh - I was just gonna post that!

"Apple will offer music song for purchase (via download) for 0.99€ in Germany and France and 79 pence in the UK, while full albums will be priced at 9.99€ (France and Germany) and 7.99 pounds in the UK."

Update

Steve Jobs announced that each tract is £0.79.


Not too bad, then.

Paradox: wrote:
> 99p is a bit steep for a single track.
>
> Does it include burning rights?
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"... You can burn individual songs onto an unlimited number of CDs for your personal use, listen to songs on an unlimited number of iPods and play songs on up to five Macintosh computers or Windows PCs ..."

99p? I thought it cost 99 cents to download from the American shop. Nice to see Europe getting a crap deal again. Apple are also trying to give independents a really bad deal [URL]http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1239200,00.html[/URL] - it's 'commercial suicide' for them to sign up apparently.

I'll stick to Soulseek, thanks.

99p is a bit steep for a single track.

Does it include burning rights?

The time is 11:07, which means at this very moment Apple is holding a press conference in London. The iTunes Music Store is launched today, meaning you can download any track you like for £0.99. There's also free demo's and some iTMS exclusives, so download iTunes [URL]http://www.apple.com/itunes[/URL] and check it out.

Of course, iTMS won't be up just yet ;)