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'''BuyMusic''' was a paid [[online music store]] run by [[Buy.com]].
'''BuyMusic''' was a paid [[online music store]] run by [[Buy.com]].


==History==
*Pricing: Cost per download typically [[United States dollar|US$]]0.99 per single, US$9.99 per album
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The store was launched in July 2003 with 300,000 [[song|tracks]] available<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drmwatch.com/ocr/article.php/3094411 |title=eSecurity Planet: Internet Security for IT Professionals |publisher=Drmwatch.com |date= |accessdate=2012-07-20}}</ref> and was designed to compete with [[iTunes Music Store]] because at the time of launch, [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]'s store was limited to [[Macintosh]] users, and BuyMusic was the first to offer paid [[downloads]] to non-Mac users. Unlike iTunes Music Store, the price of each song ranges from 80[[cent (United States coin)|¢]] to [[United States dollar|US$]]1.99. Reportedly in 2003, the site claimed to be "The World’s Largest Download Music Store."
*Platform(s): [[Microsoft Windows]], [[Windows 98]] and later
*Downloading: Yes
*Burning/Copying: Yes
*Streaming: No
*Radio: No
*Format: [[Windows Media]]
*[[Digital Rights Management]]: Yes
*Preview: 30 seconds
*Trial: N/A
*Catalog: 540,000 songs


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The site used to have extreme limitations on what users could browse. It would not allow anyone not using [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[Internet Explorer]] 5.0 or greater to even view the songs available. Even users that met the stated requirements could encounter trouble—clicking the main "click here" link routinely crashed some user's IE 5.5 [[web browser|browsers]]. Before the spring 2004 integration with its parent site, Buy.com,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.spymac.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=69700 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2004-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040403212036/http://www.spymac.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=69700 |archive-date=2004-04-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> users that did not meet the stated requirements couldn't even access [[static content]] such as [[press releases]]. Since the integration, all users can access all of Buy.com.
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The store was launched in July 2003 with 300,000 [[song|tracks]] available<ref>http://www.drmwatch.com/ocr/article.php/3094411</ref> and was designed to compete with [[iTunes Music Store]] because at the time of launch, [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]'s store was limited to [[Macintosh]] users, and BuyMusic was the first to offer paid [[downloads]] to non-Mac users. Reportedly in 2003, the site has claimed to be "The World’s Largest Download Music Store." Unlike iTunes Music Store, the price of each song ranges from 80[[cent (United States coin)|¢]] to [[United States dollar|US$]]1.99.


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The site has provided no [[statistics]] regarding the number of [[customers]] and downloads, yet [[Scott Blum]], founder and [[CEO]] of BuyMusic, noted "We're nowhere near [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]'s [[iTunes Music Store]] numbers." in a December 2003 [[interview]].
⚫
The site used to have extreme limitations on what users could browse. It would not allow anyone not using [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[Internet Explorer]] 5.0 or greater to even view the songs available. Even users that met the stated requirements could encounter trouble—clicking the main "click here" link routinely crashed some user's IE 5.5 [[web browser|browsers]].


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Though the download service's closure was never officially announced, it had quietly disappeared by December 2009, if not before;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/021009buy |title=Buy.com Music Downloads Quietly Fly Away |publisher=Digital Music News |date=2009-02-10 |accessdate=2012-07-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227031221/http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/021009buy |archivedate=2012-02-27 }}</ref> Buy.com's press releases stopped mentioning it sometime in 2007. The buymusic.com URL formerly redirected to Buy.com's physical CD store, and later redirects to [[Rakuten]] but now times out.
Before the spring 2004 integration with its parent site, Buy.com,<ref>http://www.spymac.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=69700</ref> users that did not meet the stated requirements couldn't even access [[static content]] such as [[press releases]]. Since the integration, all users can access all of buy.com.

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The site has provided no [[statistics]] regarding the number of [[customers]] and downloads, yet [[Scott Blum]], the founder and [[CEO]] of BuyMusic, noted "We're nowhere near [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]'s [[iTunes Music Store]] numbers." in a December 2003 [[interview]].

⚫
Though the download service's closure was never officially announced, it had quietly disappeared by December 2009, if not before<ref>http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/021009buy</ref>; Buy.com's press releases stopped mentioning it sometime in 2007. The buymusic.com URL now redirects to Buy.com's physical CD store.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.buymusic.com Official Website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140228114500/http://www.buymusic.com/ Official Website]
*[http://www.tunesick.app/ Music Website]


{{Digital distribution platforms}}
{{Music digital distribution platforms}}


[[Category:Online music stores]]
[[Category:Online music stores of the United States]]

Latest revision as of 13:30, 23 April 2023

BuyMusic
Type of site
Music downloads
URLwww.buymusic.com
LaunchedJuly 2003; 21 years ago (2003-07)

BuyMusic was a paid online music store run by Buy.com.

History

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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 Macintosh users, and BuyMusic was the first to offer paid downloads to non-Mac users. Unlike iTunes Music Store, the price of each song ranges from 80¢ to US$1.99. Reportedly in 2003, the site claimed to be "The World’s Largest Download Music Store."

The site used to have extreme limitations on what users could browse. It would not allow anyone not using Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer 5.0 or greater to even view the songs available. Even users that met the stated requirements could encounter trouble—clicking the main "click here" link routinely crashed some user's IE 5.5 browsers. Before the spring 2004 integration with its parent site, Buy.com,[2] users that did not meet the stated requirements couldn't even access static content such as press releases. Since the integration, all users can access all of Buy.com.

The site has provided no statistics regarding the number of customers and downloads, yet Scott Blum, founder and CEO of BuyMusic, noted "We're nowhere near Apple's iTunes Music Store numbers." in a December 2003 interview.

Though the download service's closure was never officially announced, it had quietly disappeared by December 2009, if not before;[3] Buy.com's press releases stopped mentioning it sometime in 2007. The buymusic.com URL formerly redirected to Buy.com's physical CD store, and later redirects to Rakuten but now times out.

References

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  1. ^ "eSecurity Planet: Internet Security for IT Professionals". Drmwatch.com. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-04-03. Retrieved 2004-03-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Buy.com Music Downloads Quietly Fly Away". Digital Music News. 2009-02-10. Archived from the original on 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
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