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   From: jcr.nospam@nospam.mac.com   
      
   On 2006-06-04 13:43:51 -0700, NRen2k5  said:   
      
   > John C. Randolph wrote:   
   >> It's funny, but all the pundits who say that Apple is going to have to   
   >> offer this plan eventually ignore the fact that the subscription model   
   >> had already been tried, and had already failed before Apple launched   
   >> the iTMS, and continues to do so today.   
   >   
   > Because that fact doesn't count for much. Like you said, it was before   
   > even iTMS hit the scene. That's a whole other era. Things have changed.   
      
   Yeah, those services have bled many more tens of millions of dollars in   
   the last few years.   
      
   > The most notable example of such change is that now there are hundreds   
   > of MP3 players that support the subscription content.   
      
   Which all add up to about 1/4 of a hill of beans.   
      
   -jcr   
      
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