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Zune to Pay You Back for Sharing Songs?
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by Matt Hickey on October 23, 2006

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  • Spud - October 23rd, 2006 at 6:30 pm GMT+5

    This is an interesting rumour. Will it save the Zune. No, it’s still going to flounder against the all mighty iPod.

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  • Joe - October 23rd, 2006 at 8:27 pm GMT+5

    Flounder is what Apple will do when the public has a choice like the Zune. I am switching after having two of our iPods go “dark” on us (18 and 22 months). I refuse to support Apple while they continue to engineer a product with such a short life span.

    It was great while it lasted (less than two years). My cost per song from iTunes is about $2.22 each when you factor in having to buy a new iPod every 20+ months.

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  • Harvey - October 23rd, 2006 at 10:24 pm GMT+5

    The use of Microsoft Points allows for an economy where micro-transactions make some sense.
    I send you a song, that song gets tagged with my referral-ID (ZuneTag maybe), and later if you buy the song from Marketplace, I get a Microsoft Point or two.
    I doubt it’s a first-generation Zune feature… but it just might surface as the concept evolves.
    Cool!

    Harvey
    http://www.zunerama.com

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  • Zune-Online.com - October 24th, 2006 at 6:04 am GMT+5

    We at Zune-Online.com have the ultimate Zune accessory in case this rumor is true. Its a very discreet Wifi antenna that can help you get rich sharing your songs with Zune!

    You check it here:
    [url]http://www.zune-online.com/news/latest/zune-song-sharing-affiliation.html[/url]

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  • zunemaster - October 24th, 2006 at 10:20 am GMT+5

    I think this will be a good model IF the ratio is good. Who wants to sell 50 songs for Microsoft and get one free song? Even 20 is pushing it. The details is what is going to make this thing fly or die.

    Zunemaster

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  • web2pointUhOh - October 24th, 2006 at 12:29 pm GMT+5

    Fantastic idea. This is truly brilliant. If this is a rumor, Microsoft should adopt the idea. Not only will kids share their songs, but I bet soon they will be able to sell their original content. Imagine if you have homemade videos clips or your own garage band songs loaded onto your zune. What if you can tag it with a cost per download..then everytime someone listens and decides to download your stuff, you get paid. Huge potential.

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  • taylor - October 24th, 2006 at 3:21 pm GMT+5

    that would be cool i guess but i probably wouldnt do it very much, and i wonder if you have to buy the song from the market place to get the credit or if you can just get the song from a cd and share it for points

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  • Joshua Boltuch - October 24th, 2006 at 3:45 pm GMT+5

    That’s an interesting rumor because Amie Street http://www.amiestreet.com already does this. I am a founder of Amie Street, and I am flattered that Microsoft would think that our idea of incentivizing members to share and recommend songs is so smart that they would borrow it. I wish they would have asked :), but I’m flattered none the less.

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  • mod - October 24th, 2006 at 8:27 pm GMT+5

    get your friends to “zunein” to the music your listening too. hmm

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  • Smack - October 29th, 2006 at 9:56 am GMT+5

    This idea came up in 2004. Wonder if it will work this time.

    http://www.weedshare.com

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