CHICAGO (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, said Tuesday it officially launched its online music store, which it began testing in December.The store, which allows customers to download a song from the Internet for 88 cents, has added new artists and been expanded by 50 percent, the Bentonville, Ark.-based retailer said.
Wal-Mart, whose service competes against 99-cent songs from Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes music store, said that for the next two months it would be the exclusive supplier of songs from artists carried by the Curb Records label.
Interesting.
Last I checked, the Wal-Mart terms of use were a lot more restrictive than those of iTunes and Musicmatch, (in terms of # of cd's music could be burned to, # of computers files can be coped to, etc.) although they could have changed the terms since then.
That's not to say that Wal-Mart might not be a much better deal than iTunes in some cases. People should be aware of the differences, though.
Posted by: maphet at March 23, 2004 12:52 PMWal-Mart offers a Netflix-like service as well, prices are a bit cheaper too. They may not innovate, but they will do it for cheaper.
Posted by: Greg at March 23, 2004 01:25 PM