Apple music store

[Les Posen]

On Wednesday, April 30, 2003, at 08:57  AM, PowerBook G4 Titanium List  
wrote:

> According to a KB article, if you delete it, or lose it, you have to
> purchase it again. From my experience last night, applemusic.com only
> keeps track of downloads that are incomplete. I had a few downloads
> interrupted and in the Advanced menu I could force a check to download
> the incomplete.
>
> And I'm with you. $1 for tracks I really want is fine. $9.99 for
> complete albums is ok. But, I ran across many albums that were
> incomplete. Definitely some creative clipping was done on many a album
> before being listed. And, I noticed more that a few tracks that could
> only be downloaded as part of a complete album.



Even though I can't officially download from the store currently, I  
have been playing with the preview service, re-acquainting myself with  
familiar music just to see how far 200,000 songs extends.

One thing I have noticed is the dates of release of some material  
doesn't match original release dates, even though covers do, e.g.  
Bacharach albums are dated late '90s.

Also, is there any rhyme or reason to the snatch of music chosen as the  
preview....would someone have actually put the effort into choosing, or  
is it random? There seems to be some thought given to the process.

And finally, I wonder when the full story about how all this came about  
will be published? Seems to be it would make a great Harvard MBA case  
study - there is considerable "depth" to the story. This is not  
something thrown together at the last moment!


Les

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