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AllofMP3 said Tuesday that as of Wednesday, its business model would move toward an ad-supported distribution of free content. The company, which previously charged about $1 an album, plans to offer consumers a new software program that allows them to download any song from the site for free. AllofMP3 claims to have a catalogue of hundreds of thousands of albums, increasing at a rate of 1,000 per month.
Users of the new service will only be able to listen to songs by using the AllofMP3 software, and the songs will be usable on just one computer at a time. The interface, called Music for the Masses, will initially be available for Microsoft Windows, with an Apple version arriving in several weeks, Mamotin said.
Consumers who wish to transfer their songs between computers or to a music device like an iPod or another MP3 player, will have to pay for the music.
The idea, Mamotin said, is to make the offering attractive enough to win new customers and build a big enough community to attract advertising.
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/10/18/allofmp3_loses_visa_.html
PS
It seems that Visa stopped all card processing for them hence this change of heart.
Users of the new service will only be able to listen to songs by using the AllofMP3 software, and the songs will be usable on just one computer at a time. The interface, called Music for the Masses, will initially be available for Microsoft Windows, with an Apple version arriving in several weeks, Mamotin said.
Consumers who wish to transfer their songs between computers or to a music device like an iPod or another MP3 player, will have to pay for the music.
The idea, Mamotin said, is to make the offering attractive enough to win new customers and build a big enough community to attract advertising.
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/10/18/allofmp3_loses_visa_.html
PS
It seems that Visa stopped all card processing for them hence this change of heart.
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