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	BuyMusic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		BuyMusic is a paid online music store run by Buy.com.
		The store was launched in July 2003 with 300,000 tracks available [1] and was designed to compete with iTunes Music Store because at the time of launch, Apple's store was limited to the Macintosh users, and BuyMusic was the first to offer paid downloads to non-Mac users.
		The site has provided no stats regarding the number of customers and downloads, yet Scott Blum, the founder and CEO of BuyMusic, noted "We're nowhere near Apple's iTunes Music Store numbers." in a December 2003 interview.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/BuyMusic (256 words)

	BuyMusic.com beats Apple to PC buyers
		BuyMusic founder Scott Blum called Apple CEO Steve Jobs "a visionary, but he's on the wrong platform." While Apple users constitute about 3 percent of the personal computer market, BuyMusic is targeting the 97 percent of people with PCs.
		BuyMusic, which is based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., will vie for a share of a market with such online music subscription services as pressplay, Rhapsody, MusicNow and MusicNet, which have not managed to cull substantial customer traffic from the free file-sharing networks.
		By year's end, BuyMusic and the other PC-based digital music retailers are expected to face a competing PC version of iTunes, which has had more than 6.5 million songs downloaded to date.
	homepage.mac.com /techedgeezine/072203-buymusiccom_1.htm (509 words)

	BuyMusic - E-mail to a friend - Software - ZDNet Reviews
		Although BuyMusic claims that its secure WMA files can be transferred to select portable devices (the way iTunes Music Store customers can listen to purchased music using an iPod), the files we downloaded would not play on portables, even the Creative Zen NX, which BuyMusic recommends.
		On the plus side, starting in April 2004, BuyMusic will offer up to 10 free downloads to customers who purchase a Rio Karma, Nitrus, Cali, Chiba, or Fuse, so if you have one of these players, rest assured that you'll be able to listen to BuyMusic tracks.
		While BuyMusic does a good job of making the process as seamless as possible, it still can't hold a candle to iTunes' ease of use.
	reviews-zdnet.com.com /BuyMusic/4512-3589_16-30468937.html (709 words)

	BUYMUSIC - CONSUMER HELP WEB SHOPPING REVIEW
		BuyMusic visitors should have a clear sense of what they would like to download.
		BuyMusic allows users to search by artist, album or song and offers a variety of categories to click through.
		BuyMusic may have limited appeal for people who enjoy a specific song, but do not want to spend the extra cost to purchase an album, but the site is so clunky, so user-unfriendly that I would recommend that you delay joining until Apple's iTunes does Windows.
	www.consumerhelpweb.com /stores/sbuymusic.htm (1477 words)

	Buy.com launches digital music store for PC users
		BuyMusic sells individual songs at 79 cents each and albums from $7.95 from five leading record labels and thousands of independent labels.
		BuyMusic is offering users of PCs the same type of service available through Apple Computer Inc.`s iTunes Music Store at Apple.com/itunes.
		BuyMusic is working with Muze Inc. to provide images, such as album covers and product descriptions.
	www.internetretailer.com /internet/marketing-conference/25797-buycom-launches-digital-music-store-pc-users.html (275 words)

	Wired News:
		BuyMusic, based in Aliso Viejo, California, will vie for a share of a market with a handful of online music services, including pressplay, Rhapsody, MusicNow and MusicNet, which have not managed to cull substantial customer traffic from the free file-sharing networks.
		BuyMusic downloads are in Microsoft's Windows Media format, and it suffers from some of the same licensing drawbacks that the other PC-based digital music retailers have.
		Still, BuyMusic's entry into the online music market will be good for the entire sector because it will encourage other digital music retailers to go back to the record companies and negotiate less restrictive terms of use for the music, said Phil Leigh, an analyst with Raymond James & Associates.
	www.wired.com /news/digiwood/1,59718-0.html (599 words)

	BuyMusic Review 2006
		Buymusic offers 500,000 plus music titles, but they only offer 19 out of 24 genres that we look for.
		Buymusic doesn’t provide some of the features we look for in music download services, like a playlist organizer, music videos and download extras.
		Buymusic offers genuinely good support through an army of FAQs, a technical support manual and an online form that allows you to send emails to the company’s tech support team.
	music-download-review.toptenreviews.com /buymusic-review.html (442 words)

	Make You Go Hmm: » Review: Buymusic.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Speaking of music, the other night I finally did some biz with buymusic — I downloaded 3 songs.
		I found that even after I downloaded and upgraded WM 9 on my machine there were still some “digital rights” that needed to be synchronized, which I assumed to be the security process that identifies my computer to those three songs so that they can only be downloaded on this one machine.
		Overall, the selection of buymusic is good, the quality is substandard and the process of retrieving your purchased songs (one at a time) is not refined.
	www.makeyougohmm.com /20030812/175 (342 words)

	buymusic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Scriptygoddess apparently had a miserable time with buymusic, which will not sell...
		Buymusic claims to have over 327000 songs in their library.
		Jody ran into some trouble with BuyMusic that is very troubling: they're ripping him off.
	www.music.mbfloyd.com /balloon/buymusic.html (242 words)

	USATODAY.com - BuyMusic's downloads strike a sour note (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		But BuyMusic's tracks have started out as unplayable, even on portables lent to the press in a promotional blitz.
		It's an early embarrassment for BuyMusic, which rushed to be first to offer song sales without subscription fees to users of Windows PCs.
		Apple has sold 6.5 million songs since April; BuyMusic won't release figures, but "it's not millions," Blum says.
	www.usatoday.com /tech/news/2003-07-28-buymusic_x.htm (440 words)

	Chaosmint : Fork in the Road: iTunes or BuyMusic? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		BuyMusic succeeding means that Labels will know that they can keep tighter controls on music.
		If BuyMusic succeeds, it will be harder for Apple to negotiate the same deal when iTunes for Windows arrives.
		Maybe it's a pipe dream, but heck, there are a few albums we've been meaning to buy anyway-- might as well make it today, if there's the teensiest chance of making Blum look like even more of a jackass.
	www.chaosmint.com /buymusic (271 words)

	► » BuyMusic.com...UGH! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		BuyMusic's ad campaign is completely reliant on the success of Apple's
		Buymusic is going to get rich off Apple's lead.
		Buymusic for copying a great service and a horrible ad campaign..
	www.biptrilab.com /BuyMusic-com--UGH-7130552.html (765 words)

	Where do you BuyMusic ?
		The BuyMusic service allows users to legally download songs and albums from a variety of genres across the entire commercial and alternative musical spectrum.
		One of the primary advantages to the BuyMusic service is that you don’t have to sign up for a subscription to use it — you can simply buy individual tracks (from $0.79) and albums (from $7.95).
		For example, BuyMusic is not compatible with MAC users so you’ll have no luck here if that is your computer of choice.
	www.mp3-players-n-reviews.com /buy-music.html (692 words)

	BuyMusic vs. the iTunes Music Store, Two Weeks of Disasters
		BuyMusic has managed to generate a number of customer complaints that they promptly mishandled.
		BuyMusic's DRM (digital rights management) system has been savaged by The Globe and Mail, the San Diego Union-Tribune, and TechTV.
		While BuyMusic managed to generate some good old-fashioned hype, folks were quick to see the crud.
	www.lowendmac.com /scope/03/0806.html (1885 words)

	Comments for: BuyMusic.com mixes up DRM for music downloads - ja.zz
		Buy.com has launched its BuyMusic service that makes 300,000 songs available for download for as little as $0.79 per song and $7.95 per album.
		What BuyMusic's DRM may lack in consistency it gains in flexibility, at least as far as artists and labels are concerned.
		These different DRM restrictions shouldn't be too complex for mainstream users to wrap their hands around, and I'm all for them, as long as the additional freedom encourages more labels and artists to participate in download services like BuyMusic.com.
	techreport.com /ja.zz?id=15527 (582 words)

	tingilinde: more on buymusic.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Buymusic reacted by restricting access to browsers that claim to be Internet Explorer for Windows.
		The worry I would have for Buy.com is that doing something this unpolished and customer unfriendly will create bad will with consumers that may transfer over to other parts of their online store.
		I'd be very interested in seeing what BuyMusic's response to all of these issues is, if they ever get around to responding to your email.
	tingilinde.typepad.com /starstuff/2003/07/more_on_buymusi.html (2310 words)

	BuyMusic Begins Blocking Mac Browsers \|\| The Mac Observer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		On Tuesday, we looked at the new BuyMusic store, but now, only a few days later, our efforts are foiled by an apparent block of all Mac browsers from viewing the site.
		BuyMusic certainly has an odd definition of "full advantage." Given that sentence, one would expect to be able to look around, but not buy.
		This sort of specificity is silly and spiteful, and I hope BuyMusic and all other purveyors become victims of their own hubris.
	www.macobserver.com /article/2003/07/25.5.shtml (886 words)

	Wired News: Music Parody Site Pulls the Plug
		DontBuyMusic.com last week brought attention to the marked similarities between TV commercials for iTunes and BuyMusic (see the ads here and here).
		BuyMusic's lawyers chose to act so fast for legal reasons: Intellectual property law dictates that trademark holders must actively protect their property rights or risk losing them.
		"It is somewhat ironic that BuyMusic has raised complaints about the DontBuyMusic site, given that they admitted that their own ads are similar to the iTunes ads," she said.
	www.wired.com /news/digiwood/0,1412,60088,00.html (766 words)

	G4 - Feature - BuyMusic.com vs. iTunes Music Store
		BuyMusic borrows many concepts from iTunes Music Store, such as pay-per-download.
		But it wouldn't be fair to label iTunes Music Store and BuyMusic as Mac and Windows versions of the same thing.
		BuyMusic's restrictions are reminiscent of other Windows-only services.
	www.g4tv.com /freshgear/features/44566/BuyMusiccom_vs_iTunes_Music_Store.html (444 words)

	Information Addiction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		If recent information that I've seen is true, windows users have absolutely no interest in paying (even $0.79) for music when they can get it for free...
		But BuyMusic seems like its a whole heck of a lot crappier than iTunes.
		Thats only the beginning of course, since each track on the site has its own licensing agreement (and thus different DRM rules) meaning that different songs will allow you to do different things (like limiting how you can burn and play them).
	www.informationaddiction.com /article.php?sid=1416 (267 words)

	BuyMusic tweaks service \| CNET News.com
		BuyMusic, the online music download store Buy.com founder Scott Blum started, released on Tuesday a second update to its service.
		Early BuyMusic customers have complained that they were unable to transfer songs even to approved portable devices, for example.
		BuyMusic has streamlined the payment and checkout process, added new approved portable devices and expanded the number of songs available by 2,000 tracks.
	news.com.com /BuyMusic+tweaks+service/2110-1027_3-5065602.html (393 words)

	brandchannel.com \|iTunes BuyMusic \| Online Branding \| brands \| brand \| branding news
		However, more than just a fresh, shameless championing of the pervasiveness of PC culture, the BuyMusic ads seemed to slyly insinuate that Apple, its service and, ergo, its users were, gasp, snobby elites.
		The actual BuyMusic shopping experience is a comparative improvement, though visually it doesn’t match the sleekness of its iTunes counterpart, it is crisp and orderly and appears to clearly make navigation and purchasing easily comprehensible.
		BuyMusic claims to have more available songs for download than any other service on the Web, which (if true) gives it a small technical advantage.
	www.brandchannel.com /features_webwatch.asp?ww_id=140 (1204 words)

	MacAddict Forums / Buymusic's sales figures???
		The worst of this theft-via-fine-print is well hidden: You can't back up or transfer your licenses to these songs, so if your hard drive dies or you sell the PC, your music dies, too.
		A quick estimate: BuyMusic's Chief Egg Nog Scott Blum seems to have catapulted himself into 4th place on my Mac Doghouse list after Billy Boy, Monkey Boy, Mikey Dell, but ahead of the Department of Homeland Security's IT division.
		USA Today also notes that BuyMusic will not release its first week's download figures, but "it's not millions," Blum said.
	www.macaddict.com /forums/topic/26630/4 (1089 words)

	New Music Download Service Launches - BizReport
		BuyMusic, which is based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., will vie for a share of that market with a handful of online music subscription services, including pressplay, Rhapsody, MusicNow and MusicNet, which have not managed to cull substantial customer traffic from the free file-sharing networks.
		Jobs secured uniform licensing deals from all the record companies that allow all iTunes songs to be burned onto CD an unlimited amount of times, save for a restriction for making multiple CDs with the exact song lists.
		As a result, different songs on BuyMusic have different restrictions for how often, if at all, they may be burned onto CDs or copied to other PCs or portable music devices.
	www.bizreport.com /news/4661 (492 words)

	BuyMusic 'Compliments' Apple Ads · MarketingVOX (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		For those who can't tell by the sheer image quality, the top-right ad is BuyMusic's cover of the 2003 Apple hit "Random Guy Sings Out of Tune," which can be seen at left.
		Worse still, when asked by Wired if this was deliberate, the spokesperson for BuyMusic, Stacey Doherty, said it was.
		No, it was "meant to be a compliment to Apple." That BuyMusic position might change, as it is easy to foresee that Doherty will soon be emphatically disavowed by a team of hastily retained intellectual property lawyers.
	www.marketingvox.com /archives/2003/08/09/buymusic_compliments_apple_ads (166 words)

	BuyMusic encounters first glitch \| MacMinute News
		But BuyMusic's tracks have started out as unplayable, even on portables lent to the press in a promotional blitz," notes the publication.
		As you may recall, the iTunes store sold over one million songs in its first week and 6.5 million since April.
		BuyMusic blocked access to the site for Macintosh users last Friday.
	www.macminute.com /2003/07/28/buymusic (170 words)

	eclecticism: BuyMusic ripping off artists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Another good reason to avoid the BuyMusic service: apparently, through snapping up the back catalog of a very shady distributor, much of the BuyMusic catalog comes from independent artists who are not receiving any compensation for their work.
		I did a search for one of my old CD's that will be going onto iTunes and It turns out my CD was there on BuyMusic.com.
		For the record I have downloaded samples of songs and if I like them I buy the CD but I don’t download to save a buck.
	www.michaelhanscom.com /eclecticism/2003/07/buymusic_rippin.html (652 words)

	BuyMusic.com beats Apple to PC buyers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		BuyMusic is charging between 79 cents and $1.29 for individual song downloads.
		BuyMusic downloads are in Microsoft's Windows Media format.
		They can all be burned onto CDs at least once.
	www.techedgeezine.com /072203-buymusiccom_1.htm (509 words)

	Breaking Windows 2.0: BuyMusic.com Ripping Off Artists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Of course I recently heard about BuyMusic so I decided to point my Mac browser at it (with Javascript turned off you can see the site).and#8221; Jody ran into some trouble with BuyMusic that is very troubling: theyand#8217;re ripping him off.
		I then got word that anyone who was with the Orchard may very well be on BuyMusic.
		Of course I recently heard about BuyMusic so I decided to point my Mac browser at it (with Javascript turned off you can see the site).” Jody ran into some trouble with BuyMusic that is very troubling: they’re ripping him off.
	www.breakingwindows.com /new/2003/08/buymusiccom_rip.php (383 words)

	Ed Foster's Gripelog \|\| BuyMusic's Privacy Policy Hits the Wrong Notes
		Several readers have pointed me to BuyMusic's privacy policy as a particularly egregious one.
		The no-holes-barred nature of BuyMusic's privacy policy is bad enough, but its talk about using DRM creatively makes it absolutely creepy.
		I don't know, but there is one more point I should bring up about the privacy policy to help you decide if you can trust this organization.
	www.gripe2ed.com /scoop/story/2003/8/28/1022/98205 (1770 words)

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