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June 14, 2005

Is iTunes More Popular Than P2P?

[digitalmerging.la] I think one day pay stores might play in the same field as P2P networks, but not today. iTunes is a great alternative to the eDonkeys and LimeWires of the world but it still has to hold fairly close to the rules laid down by the music industry (DRM, restrictive sharing, etc). And until the music industry "lets go" of the music, I don't expect much to change in regards to peoples online downloading vs.

Some slightly related from Technorati and Google.

[News.com.com] Music | News.blog | CNET News.com: These figures have furrowed brows across the music-swapping world today, and I tend to agree. Statistics for these topics can be brutally hard to come by, and NPD often deserves credit for spotting trends. But it's hard to believe that WinMX or LimeWire can be more popular than eDonkey or Kazaa, each of which have millions of people online at any given time of the day.

[Digitalmusic.weblogsinc.com] The Digital Music Weblog - digitalmusic.weblogsinc.com _: We know about playlist anxiety as a sign of the times, but for many people, a deeper anxiety lies in silence. This interesting and wide-ranging piece in the Washington Post (no reg req) tells of indivisuals addicted to constant portable music in the ears, including one student who uses a waterproof iPod while training on the swim team. Stores and other public places force music of varying degrees of relevance on their inhabitants and visitors.

[Tuaw.com] The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW): News.com reports that a new study finds that iTMS is as popular or more popular than various P2P music file-sharing sitesservices. The iTMS tied with LimeWire and turned up second place to "P2P site WinMX, which was used by 2.1 million households to download music during the month."

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Posted at June 14, 2005 08:49 AM

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