iTunes invention of the year 2003

[Rovastar]

Time magazine has announced that iTunes is (one of ?) the coolest invention of the year 2003.

http://www.time.com/time/2003/inventions/invmusic.html

Maybe I have underestimated the power that iTunes has mainly as we have not seen it here in the UK. ANd that it was initailly catering for the much smaller Apple marketplace which I am not part of.

Only time will tell if it truely will be as groundbreaking and music indusrty defining as the hype suggests.

[Vie]

Ground breaking?
no

Good Idea?
Yes

Invention of the Year?
Hell no

[s1138]

umm...whats so great about it? its like, and online music store, like amazon.com, only for downloadable music.

the player aint nothing new either.

[richardharris]

Invention of the year???? No way!!!

[Gonzotek]

Originally posted by s1138
umm...whats so great about it? its like, and online music store, like amazon.com, only for downloadable music.

the player aint nothing new either.

I wouldn't call it an invention...but the fact that Apple managed to sell the concept to the record labels, musicians, and consumers is quite a feat. Nobody else has it together, across the boards, the way that apple does....they've got marketing hype, solid technology, and a business plan(use iTunes to sell iPods).

It's still not the "invention" of the year, though.

[Cylob]

The Time Magazine boffins don't know anything about anything (or is that nothing about nothing, or nothing about anything)?

[s1138]

yeah..my point its not an invention, so how can it be invention of the year?
i mean, segway was a real invention....

[Gonzotek]

Sorry, there should have been an "I agree, " up in the beginning of my post ...

[ElChevelle]

Invention of the year?
Exploding Rosie O'Donnell dolls

[Bilbo Baggins]

Chev just made his next million

[Xerxes]

I would agree with Time's award.

This signals the beginning of real legitimizing of "file sharing". Now that there is a legitimate option, illegal file sharing is now deprived of many of it's "moral" arguments:

"I can't find rare tracks in the store"
Music companies are putting entire catalogues on Itunes/Napster

"Music companies release dumb albums with filler that cost too much"
You can legally Download the golden single for 99 cents

etc etc.

Now that there is a legitimate storefront, illegal downloading can now be more effeciently prosecuted.

[ertmann|CPH]

ummmm now if they would only open it up to us Europeans, i think i'd use it - the priceing seems quite reasonable.

[zootm]

i'm sticking to buying CDs. i don't like the idea of spending money on something that i'd lose when my computer goes down.

[deathazre]

if you buy the song you can use it anywhere from what I hear

[ertmann|CPH]

Originally posted by zootm
i'm sticking to buying CDs. i don't like the idea of spending money on something that i'd lose when my computer goes down.

heh, i loose my music more on CD's than on my computer....

[s1138]

what about bootlegs, unreleased, or live performances?

[Showdax]

Wouldn't the better term for them to use be something like: "Coolest implementation of old invention."

[CarboHidrat]

I don't think iTunes is invention of the year 2003!!!

[Xerxes]

Originally posted by Showdax
Wouldn't the better term for them to use be something like: "Coolest implementation of old invention."

Isn't any invention beyond the wheel and fire an implementation of old inventions?