Comments on: Apple/Starbucks Deal is Important

By: mturro

mturro — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:10:18 +0000

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mturro — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:10:14 +0000

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mturro — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:10:18 +0000

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By: games

games — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:41:35 +0000

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By: Michael Turro

Michael Turro — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:15:47 +0000

True, the first incarnation of this will look a little like the corporate monoculture you describe, but there is tremendous opportunity here. IF Apple would open this up to anybody then I could see this being a great new way to distribute any kind of music in any kind of public space. Just replace Starbucks with your favorite indie hotspot or underground jazz club and you begin to see what I'm getting at.

So... Imagine I own a club, or a cafe, or a bar and I have my music served up via a local install of itunes that also broadcasts the playlist to all iPods in the house. You as customer hear what you like and buy it via itunes and I as owner get a share of the sale.

Obviously a whole slew of DRM, copyright and pricing issues would have to be resolved, but it is definitely possible.

By: Michael Turro

Michael Turro — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:15:47 +0000

So… Imagine I own a club, or a cafe, or a bar and I have my music served up via a local install of itunes that also broadcasts the playlist to all iPods in the house. You as customer hear what you like and buy it via itunes and I as owner get a share of the sale.

Obviously a whole slew of DRM, copyright and pricing issues would have to be resolved, but it is definitely possible.

By: HughC

HughC — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:44:38 +0000

I dunno. I have big worries about this, not only having two lifestyles shoved down my throat in one sitting as it were, but it could also mean that larger labels and artists will leverage their position of power to get more airplay (therefore sales) and squeeze out the incredibly important underground and minority interests. I don't want no stinkin P Diidy with my skinny latté. No Siree! Give me my Tin Hat Trio served with a nice dollop of fresh air as far away from that coffee movement as possible.

I've bred a new logo at http://www.intercuts.com/weblog/2007/09/starple...

By: HughC

HughC — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:44:38 +0000

I dunno. I have big worries about this, not only having two lifestyles shoved down my throat in one sitting as it were, but it could also mean that larger labels and artists will leverage their position of power to get more airplay (therefore sales) and squeeze out the incredibly important underground and minority interests. I don’t want no stinkin P Diidy with my skinny latté. No Siree! Give me my Tin Hat Trio served with a nice dollop of fresh air as far away from that coffee movement as possible.

I’ve bred a new logo at http://www.intercuts.com/weblog/2007/09/starple-or-appbucks.html