McDonald's: No deal with iTunes

what an opportunity.Shame they let it slip through their hands

Let's start some nasty rumours going. I heard through the grapevine (no, I'm sorry, but I'm not at liberty to identify my sources) that for every 3 (three) iTunes downloaded, Apple Corp will issue a coupon for a free Big Mac, or, for 5 (five) paid downloads, a Big Mac "Real Meal Deal" combo dinner is yours. [shhhhhh! this is a _secret_ for your eyes only!] Ya heard it here first, (but don't tell no one I told ya.) -- Steve Jobs --

Looks like McDonalds realized that you can download music for free from any p2p application. Paying 99 cents for low quality songs in a ugly format is devastating!

>Quote "Paying 99 cents for low quality songs in a ugly format is devastating!" This brings up some questions. 99 cents a track. The average CD has say 17 songs? So now we are supposed to pay MORE money for a CD's worth of music than before AND the songs are in a lower resolution format with DRM restrictions? There are no pressing costs, much lower distribution costs, only one "layer" of distribution to split margins with, so where is all this money going? It seems to me the music industry has bent us over and is giving us the shaft once again. I saw an article by some a-hole on C-net going on about the razor thin margins Apple has to deal with selling songs on line. Razor thin margins at a buck a song? Maybe it's true for the retailer, but not for the content "owners". No way. Shouldn't there be laws against this kind of robbery?

Actual CD Quality is 192K, Itunes songs have below a 128K. The songs are only compatible with ipod's, what if I have a Rio, or some other player???