Northeastern and Apple?
This blog reports on an unconfirmed rumor that Apple may be stepping up to negotiate with at least one college to provide iTunes Music service to their students.
According to the blog, Northeastern University "is negotiating to buy a predetermined number of downloads at the reduced rate from iTMS so that its students will be encouraged not to download songs off P2P networks."
So far Napster has found success in negotiating deals with universities to provide their unlimited streaming service for college students. Apple's iTunes does not share a similar flat-fee/unlimited access model, however, so its unclear how such a deal would be implemented.
According to the blog, Northeastern University "is negotiating to buy a predetermined number of downloads at the reduced rate from iTMS so that its students will be encouraged not to download songs off P2P networks."
So far Napster has found success in negotiating deals with universities to provide their unlimited streaming service for college students. Apple's iTunes does not share a similar flat-fee/unlimited access model, however, so its unclear how such a deal would be implemented.
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104 months ago
How would this work, ITMS is a pay per song store, unlike napster which is subscription based.
104 months ago
great idea... would solve SOME of the P2P illegal download problems and just tag on the price into the student fee... yet another misc. fee! ;)
so is this going to turn into a "flat rate" program in the future? like the cell phone plans...
$30/month for UNLIMITED DOWNLOADS!
and Buy an iPod and get 1st month free!
think about it... how many people you know download 30 songs a month...? that's about 2 albums. or how many CDs would you buy ON AVERAGE per month... it's definitely 2+ for me! :)
so is this going to turn into a "flat rate" program in the future? like the cell phone plans...
$30/month for UNLIMITED DOWNLOADS!
and Buy an iPod and get 1st month free!
think about it... how many people you know download 30 songs a month...? that's about 2 albums. or how many CDs would you buy ON AVERAGE per month... it's definitely 2+ for me! :)
104 months ago
yeah, a neat deal to start off with, then the money wouldnt hurt so much and we could get used to the "music bill"
go with this apple!
go with this apple!
104 months ago
All the University has to do is to set up the students as allowance system and the students buys it from the University as need it or they pay a flat fee for it.
Also they can sell gift certificates at a discount...
Its not that difficult to set up
Also they can sell gift certificates at a discount...
Its not that difficult to set up
104 months ago
i think all these campus things are a bad idea personally... downloading music IS illegal... why pander to it at all?
104 months ago
I think that anything that encourages students to download music legally is a good idea. It's good for Apple and the students.
104 months ago
I attend the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and they have taken a pretty hard line on this subject. They are constantly monitoring network packets trying to catch people file sharing. It seems to have worked at least to a degree. In the beginning of the year the violators were fined, cut-off from the network, and forced to do community service. I already used iTMS exclusively, but if I hadn't I would have been convinced to stop stealing.
104 months ago
Great Idea!
I am glad Apple isn't becoming complacent just because they are currently #1. Apple is determined to stay #1.
Other music services have their own strengths and if Apple finds a way to implement others' strengths into ITMS then it will only be that much stronger!
I am glad Apple isn't becoming complacent just because they are currently #1. Apple is determined to stay #1.
Other music services have their own strengths and if Apple finds a way to implement others' strengths into ITMS then it will only be that much stronger!
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