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Is Apple becoming the Microsoft of music?
Editor's Pick from around the web
The iPod is designed to play music purchased from Apple Computer's iTunes service and files in the MP3 format, but not songs from all competitors. So RealNetworks released software this week that allows its music to be played on the portable device, much to Apple's consternation.
Has Real adopted the "tactics and ethics of a hacker," as Apple puts it, or has the Mac maker taken a page from its nemesis Microsoft in strong-arming the competition, as some industry analysts suggest? Both? Give us your take.
Grouth of digital music:
Music downloads have begun to put their renegade origins in the past. Internet song sales could reach $270 million, more than double the takings from the previous year, according to one new report, rising to $1.7 billion by 2009. More than any other company, Apple Computer is poised to cash in on that trend.
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Is Apple becoming the Microsoft of music?
Editor's Pick from around the web
The iPod is designed to play music purchased from Apple Computer's iTunes service and files in the MP3 format, but not songs from all competitors. So RealNetworks released software this week that allows its music to be played on the portable device, much to Apple's consternation.
Has Real adopted the "tactics and ethics of a hacker," as Apple puts it, or has the Mac maker taken a page from its nemesis Microsoft in strong-arming the competition, as some industry analysts suggest? Both? Give us your take.
Grouth of digital music:
Music downloads have begun to put their renegade origins in the past. Internet song sales could reach $270 million, more than double the takings from the previous year, according to one new report, rising to $1.7 billion by 2009. More than any other company, Apple Computer is poised to cash in on that trend.
For more, click on the link provided...