Technical Glitches Plague BuyMusic.com 691
An anonymous reader submits: "Despite its much larger target market, BuyMusic.com does not seem to be the runaway success that Apple's iTunes Music Store was. USA Today is reporting that customers have experienced technical glitches that prevent them from playing their purchases. Another customer reports that the BuyMusic tech support does little more than say 'Sorry, but that's YOUR problem.' Finally, a musician whose music is for sale at BuyMusic questions the legality of BuyMusic's catalog." Scriptygoddess's account of her unhappy experience is mirrored here.
What are they trying to prevent? (Score:5, Funny)
The Real Problem! (Score:2, Funny)
In order to take full advantage of BuyMusic.com's offerings you must be on a Windows Operating System using Internet Explorer version 5.0 or higher.
Sheeple swallow the hardware dependence line (Score:2, Funny)
Wasn't there a song called "Money For Nothing" - I think I'll buy it from iTunes once it's released for the PC.
Argh! First the music industry convinces people that info = real, tangible property and copying = theft, and now they've got people unconsciously thinking that like software, data file formats are computer and OS dependent!
The Next Step for BuyMusic.com (Score:5, Funny)
So, in short, BuyMusic.com has only one viable business plan: get bought out by Microsoft! They'd fit right in...
Re:The Next Step for BuyMusic.com (Score:3, Funny)
they are offering illegally obtained music for sale.
they are worse than Kazza users because those users are not profiting from the sale of IP theft from the copyright holder.
see www.jodywhitesides.com for the details.
here is the email i sent to the RIAA.
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Subj: Information on copyright theft
i wanted to let the RIAA know about a music pirate i have found out information on.
their IP address is 209.67.181.11. They have on their website illegally obtained music from an artist named Jody Whitesides (http://jodywhitesides.com/). This website is owned by a music stealing group known as buy.com, and not only are they distributing this copyrighted music without consent of the copyright holder, but they are also SELLING the music online.
I am all for the stamping out of IP theft.... and i know that the RIAA is as well. I hope you can contact me on this matter to let me know the status of your investigation.
Thanks in advance.
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i'm curious, but doubtful i'll get any kind of response.
Wow, the record industry did something half assed (Score:5, Funny)
Re:For a good laugh... (Score:5, Funny)
Thank you for visiting BuyMusic.com.
In order to take full advantage of BuyMusic.com's offerings you must be on a Windows Operating System using Internet Explorer version 5.0 or higher.
Re:technical glitches (Score:2, Funny)
She was able to buy it, just not play it the way she wanted.
And, yes, for you sarcasm-impaired, that's sarcasm.
From the BuyServices site. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Surprise, surprise. (Score:5, Funny)
Oooh! I know! Call on me! Call on me... BuyMusic wins because the first company to introduce a superior product (Apple) always finishes last in a marketplace where success is driven by saturation advertising, truth is defined by how often something is repeated, and cheap bad products triumph over carefully crafted and groundbreaking solutions!
So Apple is toast.
Do I get a little gold star to put on my name tag?
Satisfying. (Score:2, Funny)
Good to know their services sucks as much as their ads do.
Re:RTFM (Score:3, Funny)
Re:For a good laugh... (Score:1, Funny)
A true test of iTunes vs. BuyMusic (Score:4, Funny)
iTunes didn't use to have any, but they recently added the album with the Amish rap song on it. Which I will be buying once I get a spare moment at home.
What truer test of iTunes worth to society (and buymusic's worthlessness) can there possibly be?
Translation... (Score:2, Funny)
Oh, that's just PHB-speak. Let me translate:
Term: Cross platform capable
Translation: Supports Windows ME, 2K and XP, provided that you have a recent IE Version installed and haven't screwed up the IE settings too much (cookies, ActiveX,
Term: Talent
Translation: They somehow managed to install IIS [netcraft.com]
Term: Professionals
Translation: We pay them. Not enough to make a decent living, but we pay them, so they're professionals.
Sentence: BuyServices' goal is to become the premier outsource e-commerce provider
Comment: And my goal is to have sex with five different supermodels seven days a week. Unfortunately for BuyServices, they're as likely to reach their goal as I am to reaching mine.
Re:It is your problem not ours... (Score:5, Funny)
I would like to know how you arrived at this incisive, all inclusive, Apple customer demographic. I only buy what I need and can afford (no iPod yet), and I gave up on being hip 25 years ago. I have no interest in making Apple look good, they seem to be quite good at it themselves.
"Frankly, if I were Apple I would make a version of iTunes and the Music Store that are compatible with Microsoft Windows as soon as possible-- BEFORE Microsoft and someone else come along."
I would love to be a fly on the wall during the M$--RIAA negotiations:
M$: How much will it cost for us to buy you?
RIAA: We're not for sale, however we will sell you a limited license to use our product.
M$: Wait a minute, that's our line.
RIAA: And you'd better act fast; we have solid information that college kids are using your o/s to illegally pirate music, and we are just about to sue them.
Realistically, do you expect that a Wintel version of the iTunes store will work as easily and reliably as Apple's. I would reverse your market plan and use iTunes to sell Macs rather than let the bitter taste left by an M$/RIAA hybrid do the job for me.
You really think that M$ would allow iTunes Music Store to work well with their o/s. It's possible, but where's the precedent?
only buying please (Score:4, Funny)
Re:What are they trying to prevent? (Score:5, Funny)
I'll tell you what the big deal is! The big deal is that watching movies is STEALING!
If the hotel's TV offers a chance to pay $7.95 to see Dirty Harry, and you bring in your own DVD of Dirty Harry, and your own laptop, so that you can watch the movie without paying the hotel, you're STEALING MONEY RIGHT OUT OF THE INNKEEPER'S WALLET!
And don't even think about buying a six-pack of Coke at the corner store for $2.99 when you're supposed to be paying $4.50 for a 6-oz bottle out of the minibar! (To say nothing of having the unmitigated gall to chill your six-pack with hotel-supplied ice!)
And music studio execs will conclude that... (Score:5, Funny)
BuyMusic.com is getting bad reviews from multiple sources. So it's pretty obvious it might well fail from its appalling user interface and its smothering restrictions.
Yet, you can bet that next year, all this will be summarized in a nice, Powerpoint presentation to RIAA execs:
"See", an RIAA exec will pontificate, "we pamper 'em ungrateful Internet pirates and they don't want to use legal downloads. Let's just go back to serving them lawsuit papers."
At which point Powerpoint will BSOD promptly, and the discussion will drift on to Britney's navel jewelry and its marketing tie-ins.
Re:Why (Score:2, Funny)
True, but they wish they did.