Google: We won't sell music
Posted by Hurmoth on 05 August 2006 - 19:09 · 14 comments & 7642 views
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#1 Posted by Timmah on 05 Aug 2006 - 19:18
- What with the way DRM providers are scorned upon this is another way of keeping Google's name squeaky clean.
And hats off to them, they don't exactly need to sell music now do they?
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#2 Posted by billyea on 05 Aug 2006 - 19:24
- Too many people in the music/fileshare market with too much RIAA. Google is smart to keep out of this mess.
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#3 Posted by crimsonhead on 05 Aug 2006 - 19:35
- Google should stick to organizing information available on the web. No need to drag music into that.
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#4 Posted by cooljerk_dv on 05 Aug 2006 - 19:38
- I agree . . Itunes seems to do a very nice job for those looking to actually purchase their online music files. And yeah . . with all the DRM, and RIAA nonsense . . it is probably best for them to stay out of it.
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#5 Posted by Tom W on 05 Aug 2006 - 19:50
- Glad that they're not gonna be selling any music!
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#6 Posted by h-mac on 05 Aug 2006 - 20:12
- Good call, Google!
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#7 Posted by Croquant on 05 Aug 2006 - 20:28
- Great: I don't want to buy music, they don't want to sell me any. It's a win-win.
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#8 Posted by jameseuk on 05 Aug 2006 - 20:33
- I think Google could sell almost anything,like the above says they have sold music videos so why not audio aswell?,It's obvious these days Google want to be known as more than just a search engine and fair play to them because it makes other companies think about their own products/services.
Gmail is a great example of that.
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#9 Posted by rypaintD on 06 Aug 2006 - 01:32
- Just like AMD said they wouldn't buy ATi. (Well I hope it's like that)
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#9.1 Posted by Hurmoth on 06 Aug 2006 - 02:29
- When did AMD say they wouldn't buy ATI? They denied the reports they were going to buy them, but that's just standard business practice. You don't want to the world to know you're going to buy a huge company until everything is settled (lots of talks have to go on behind the scenes for something that size).
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#10 Posted by Jugalator on 06 Aug 2006 - 01:46
- Well, I just commented it on Slashdot, but basically I agree with Google here, as the music industry is currently undergoing a bit of a revolution they don't want to be in, resulting in overprotective DRM's and all sorts of stuff that could give Google a bad name. Besides, Apple is recently getting crap for their DRM making their market uncompetitive, and I don't think Google would like to be in that position to stay "good".
Google could maybe make a site for indie artists and let them get a 100% share of music sales, with Google getting bandwidth from music previews and downloads by adwords, like they do on Google Videos. Then there'd be top lists by votes, weekly "featured artists" in various genres based on most frequent votes the past week, and let the artists release stuff for free or for custom fees. Sold music would be as mp3's. Each artist would get a forum too on his/her personal page. All that could be interesting, and make Google a sort of online media company much more pleasant to deal with sales share-wise than RIAA. :-) If it took off for real, and artists prefered 100% shares rather than DRM'ed formats, it could actually shake the industry a bit.
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#11 Posted by Richard Davison on 06 Aug 2006 - 05:41
- omg! I live in Kissimmee. This is the first time I've ever seen Kissimmee in actual news holy crap
Google came all the way here!?!?!
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#12 Posted by kravex on 06 Aug 2006 - 06:56
- Makes sense really, love it or loathe it Apple's itunes have dominated music sales so why put a lot of effort trying to take them on.
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#13 Posted by leesmithg on 06 Aug 2006 - 20:07
- Of course they wont, strokes no existent hair on chin.
They are a business and what will make them mollah, will encourage them to get all fat 8 fingers and thumbs into every pie around.
The Internet search giant used a keynote slot at the annual NARM (National Association of Recording Merchandisers) conference to quash rumors of a so-called "Gtunes" store--much to the delight of retailers attending the confab.
"We are not going to be selling music," Chris Sacca, head of business development for Google, said in a Thursday address to music merchants and distributors during the August 2-5 event in Kissimmee, Fla.
Talk of a Google digital music solution has been swirling for more than a year. A Bear Stearns analyst predicted in January that a Google rival to Apple's iTunes Music Store could come in as little as six months. And speculation intensified as the company branched into selling music videos from Sony BMG via Google Video, and offering a new dedicated music search function.