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New tune on digital music...

New tune on digital music [SJMN]
2 STUDENTS CREATE ELECTRONIC LIBRARY
Two students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a way to offer on-demand digital music on campus, without inviting a lawsuit from the recording industry.

Music downloads...

The Lowdown on Downloads [WP]
More than five years after people got their first easy way to download music off the Internet, they're finally getting a reasonable opportunity to pay for it.

iTunes... They like it, they really like it...

REVIEW: ITunes Music Store a Standout [AP]
Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes music software rips and burns songs. It links you to a legal music store. It's easily downloadable. And now it's available to the 95 percent of computer users who depend on Microsoft Windows operating systems.

How much is music worth?

How Much Is Music Worth? [BusinessWeek]
Is 99 cents a fair price for a downloadable music track? "Some analysts are beginning to realize that lower prices could greatly expand the size of the digital-music market, still minuscule despite iTunes' success. A July survey by Jupiter Research of 2,500 adults who use the Internet found that 35% of people are willing to pay 51 cents to $1 for a song by a favorite artist; 20% are willing to pay 50 cents or less; and 19% would pay more than $1 (26% say no price is right, they'll pay nothing). Problem is, online-music services cannot significantly lower prices without losing money."

PC gettin' tunes...

iTunes Windows A Hit [BBC]
Apple's iTunes service for Windows computer users is a hit. "More than a million copies of the Windows version of its iTunes music software have been downloaded in the past three days. The program offers PC users the same services, prices and catalogue of songs, which Apple hopes to increase to 400,000 by the end of October." Since debuting earlier this year, Apple's Mac iTunes stores has sold 14 million songs.