Buymusic.com recently launched a downloadable music service for Windows. My first impression is that it is a total rip-off of the iTunes Music Store - from the ads, to the layout of the website, to the "Download" buttons. Buymusic.com has also taken a very anit-Apple stance, which I think if funny because seemingly every idea for their site came directly from Apple.
Anyway, it will be interesting to see who wins the on-line music battle. To stay ahead, Apple needs to hurry up and get the Windows version of iTunes into the market. Unfortunately, Apple, Microsoft, etc. can't work together on one standard file format. Buymusic.com uses WMA and iTunes uses ACC. Neither format is playable on the other's platforms, which makes things confusing, and in the end, probably hurts Apple the most.
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