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Is music streaming really that hard a service, that you would need to acquire someone to figure it out? Apple already does DRM'd video streaming, and that's a
by smackfu 16y ago
Is music streaming really that hard a service, that you would need to acquire someone to figure it out?
Apple already does DRM'd video streaming, and that's a much more difficult problem.
- sandipc 16y agoI think they mainly acquired Lala for their streaming deals with content providers.
- yardie 16y agoI find that hard to believe. As the 800lb gorilla in online music I'm absolutely certain they could hammer out a streaming deal with the contacts they already have. The only thing to stop streaming getting into iTunes is boss Jobs himself.
- dandelany 16y agoEverything I've read has indicated that Lala's contracts with the music industry were non-transferable and would be dissolved upon Lala's sale or acquisition.
- Timothee 16y agoWhich is one thing Dalton Caldwell explained at Startup School: a music startup either doesn't have deals in place and is thus not a good acquisition target; or does have deals in place and is still not a good acquisition target because deals are usually not transferable upon acquisition.
- rmc 16y agoThe hardest part is not the technology, but getting it all legal and accepted by the music companies.