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  2. iTunes - Wikipedia

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    iTunes is a software program that acts as a media player, media library, mobile device management utility, and the client app for the iTunes Store.Developed by Apple Inc., it is used to purchase, play, download and organize digital multimedia on personal computers running the macOS and Windows operating systems, and can be used to rip songs from CDs as well as playing content from dynamic ...

  3. Comparison of digital music stores - Wikipedia

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    Users' purchases were transferred to Rhapsody. BuyMusic was a digital branch of Buy.com, launched around 2003, was later merged into the music section of Buy.com, and then shut down in late 2009. Walmart.com operated an online music store, but discontinued it in 2011. Puretracks operated an online music store, but discontinued it in 2013.

  4. iTunes Store - Wikipedia

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    The iTunes Store is a digital media store operated by Apple Inc. It opened on April 28, 2003, as a result of Steve Jobs ' push to open a digital marketplace for music. As of April 2020, iTunes offered 60 million songs, 2.2 million apps, 25,000 TV shows, and 65,000 films. [needs update] When it opened, it was the only legal digital catalog of ...

  5. History of iTunes - Wikipedia

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    The iTunes media platform was first released by Apple in 2001 as a simple music player for Mac computers.Over time, iTunes developed into a sophisticated multimedia content manager, hardware synchronization manager and e-commerce platform. iTunes was finally discontinued for new Mac computers in 2019, but is still available and supported for Macs running older operating systems and for Windows ...

  6. Amazon Music - Wikipedia

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    Amazon Music (previously Amazon MP3) is a music streaming platform and digital music store operated by Amazon.As of January 2020, the service had 55 million subscribers. It was the first music store to sell music without digital rights management (DRM) from the four major music labels (EMI, Universal, Warner, and Sony BMG), as well as many independents.

  7. Music download - Wikipedia

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    The iTunes Store accessed via a mobile phone, showing Pink Floyd's eighth studio album The Dark Side of the Moon (1973). A music download (commonly referred to as a digital download) is the digital transfer of music via the Internet into a device capable of decoding and playing it, such as a personal computer, portable media player, MP3 player or smartphone.

  8. FairPlay - Wikipedia

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    FairPlay Streaming ( FPS) protects video transferred over HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) on iOS devices, in Apple TV, and in Safari on macOS. The content provider's server first delivers video to the client application encrypted with the content key using the AES cipher. The application then requests a session key from the device's FairPlay module.

  9. Album-equivalent unit - Wikipedia

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    The album-equivalent unit, or album equivalent, [1] is a measurement unit in music industry to define the consumption of music that equals the purchase of one album copy. [2] [3] This consumption includes streaming and song downloads in addition to traditional album sales. The album-equivalent unit was introduced in the mid- 2010s as an answer ...