itunes lp Archive

  • The rise and fall of iTunes LP (cue dramatic music)

    The rise and fall of iTunes LP (cue dramatic music)

    Exciting news about Apple's iTunes LP: apparently it's a bit of a bust! The fine folks at GigaOM had the foresight to talk to people in the music industry to ask them, six months on, how's iTunes LP doing? Not so great, is the answer. What went wrong?

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  • Looks like iTunes LP can be pirated after all: Muse album found online

    Looks like iTunes LP can be pirated after all: Muse album found online

    Maybe there’s no DRM on iTunes LP after all? I could have sworn that when Apple announced the completely useless new feature last week that it had said there would be measures in place to prevent people from sharing iTunes LP files with one another. Apparently not, since I was able to find the iTunes [...]

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  • Maybe I’m the only one who doesn’t ‘get’ iTunes LP

    Maybe I’m the only one who doesn’t ‘get’ iTunes LP

    This is probably a question that the record labels should be asking, but I'll ask it here anyway: how do you guys listen to music in 2009? On your iPhone (or whatever portable device, it doesn't matter for the purposes of this here post)? On your computer while you surf your favorite Web sites? At the gym? Now, how many of you will sit in front of your computer, and devote 100 percent of your attention to the iTunes visualizer? Not too many of you, I'd venture to guess.

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