Recently Apple launched a website that allowed
iTunes users to download and pay for music of the five major record labels and
it seems to be a success story. Over 2 million people have downloaded and paid
for the music that is offered on the service in only 16 days. However some users found a way to also download pirated music using the
iTunes software, which is of course a big problem to the record companies
music industry's response to the song-sharing function, first reported by the online publication CNet, has been tempered. Several record company executives said Apple briefed them in advance about the sharing feature, though they thought it would be confined to use on home networks. Other executives emphasized that the success of Apple's Music Store, which sold more than 1 million downloadable songs in its first week, was more significant than the unexpected expansion of the sharing function to the Internet. These executives, who asked not to be named, are waiting to hear more from Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple about the issue. |
The record labels should be happy with the sales of
2 million songs online, many other download services are still fighting to
excist while the Apple service has proven itself. Apple offers the songs
for 0.99 USD, and the files are restricted to play on 2
Macs.
Source: Sunspot.net
