Music-Selling Rivals Take Aim at iTunes
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Apple's market-leading iTunes online music store took a one-two punch yesterday as heavyweight rivals stepped up their efforts to unseat the king of digital music.
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Apple Computer Inc.  may have sold more than twice as many of its iPod digital music players in its most recent quarter than its signature Mac computers, but competitors are turning the up the heat in the nascent online music industry.
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The world's largest music company will sell restriction-free music downloads at Amazon.com and other online vendors. But not at Apple's iTunes store.
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Microsoft&#39;s online music store, known as MSN Music store, is being hailed as the most capable competitor to the iTunes Music Store of California&#39;s Apple.
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Rivals iTunes and record labels Comment News Corp's MySpace may just have found a way around the piracy laws that dog the sale of online music, and may, as a result, throw up the most likely candidate to challenge iTunes.â¦
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Creative has declared war on Apple, aiming to capture a 40 per cent share of the MP3 music player market. Part of this campaign includes spending $100 million to market its digital music players.
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But look to lawsuit stick rather than iTunes carrot for the cause
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By JESSE NOYES  After decades of legal wrangling, Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs and the Beatles agreed to bury the hatchet, raising hopes that the Fab Four's songs may soon make an appearance on the popular iTunes music store.
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Apple&#39;S iTunes caused upset yesterday by securing the Band Aid charity single Do They Know It&#39;s Christmas for sale at 79p, instead of the Â£1.49 its rivals, from Napster to HMV, are asking customers to pay.
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The Motley Fool - War has been declared. Not the conventional type with the troops, tanks, and smart bombs, but an entertainment war for the &#36;3 billion global music player business. Creative Technology (Nasdaq: CREAF - News) has decided to move in against the giant Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL - News) in an attempt to capture a 40% market share for MP3 music players. In the three years since the iPod's launch, it has become the worldwide player of choice, claiming about 85% of the market, so to call this an uphill fight is something of an understatement.
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The companies could have been partners, but are now music rivals, report says.
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Online retailer Play.com launches a music download service that aims to take on market leader iTunes.
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An unhappy iTunes online music store customer is suing Apple Computer Inc. , alleging the company broke antitrust laws by only allowing iTunes to work with its own music player, the iPod, freezing out competitors, court filings showed.
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It's OK if the iTunes Store breaks even, just as long as it pushes sales of players, Apple execs acknowledge.
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Apple Computer is the undisputed champion of the hard-drive music market, but competitors are gearing up for a shot at the title. The various versions of the iPod account for 92.
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An eBay seller and Universal Music Group are battling in a legal case that could have wider implications for a consumer's right to resell purchased music.
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A seven-year dance between music rivals continues as the industry grapples with online music downloads, piracy and a decline in CD sales.