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Amazon to Give Away 1 Billion Free MP3s in Superbowl Promotion
readwriteweb.com — Sources are telling Billboard that Amazon and Pepsi will team up to give away 1 billion MP3s for free in 2008, starting with a Superbowl kick off in February
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- zaibatsu, on 12/01/2007, -1/+71For a second I thought they were going to partner with The Pirate Bay.
- timdorr, on 12/01/2007, -0/+11Actually, that's how they're going to do it. Rather than giving away the songs directly, they're just going to put up a link on the screen to http://thepiratebay.org/browse/101
- sevenalive, on 12/02/2007, -0/+1The pirate bay is way overrated. I rather have demonoid back! then torrentspy! At least with demonoid there was no crap since it was a private tracker, and torrentspy has the best torrents and comments too. I think mininova is better then the pirate bay
- backwoodsbob, on 12/01/2007, -3/+36Now we get closer to the true value of an MP3 to the industry. About $.70, at least that is their take.The actual value is much less. So where do they get off asking the courts for $750.00 and up for compensation from file downloaders? Sounds like someone got some 'splainin' to do.
- aspec, on 12/01/2007, -0/+10Their explanation is that by making the song available to others, it's not just the amount of people who download from you, it's also the amount of sales you circumvent, and that if people believe they can get the songs for free, they simply wont buy the song, whether or not they actually download it. They believe that for every song you share, you're preventing $750 in CD sales, which is ***** retarded. Then again, these people don't know how to check their email outside of their office, so what do you expect? They're a dying breed who didn't save for retirement.
- MacGyver2210, on 12/01/2007, -4/+3"and that if people believe they can get the songs for free, they simply wont buy the song"
Riiiiight, because I'm going to go spend $15 on a disc, or $2.99 on an MP3, even if I don't think I can get it for free.
- MacGyver2210, on 12/01/2007, -4/+3"and that if people believe they can get the songs for free, they simply wont buy the song"
- bingobongony, on 12/01/2007, -0/+1Because...moron...no one has EVER been sued for downloading music. Not one single person.
- aspec, on 12/01/2007, -0/+10Their explanation is that by making the song available to others, it's not just the amount of people who download from you, it's also the amount of sales you circumvent, and that if people believe they can get the songs for free, they simply wont buy the song, whether or not they actually download it. They believe that for every song you share, you're preventing $750 in CD sales, which is ***** retarded. Then again, these people don't know how to check their email outside of their office, so what do you expect? They're a dying breed who didn't save for retirement.
- unloud, on 12/01/2007, -2/+29Hmm... this type of promotion is so original.... Nobody has ever teamed up with a soda company to sell digital music before.
/s- EntropyFan, on 12/01/2007, -2/+11The original part is they aren't giving away low bit rate, DRM laced crap.
I for one applaud the attempt
- EntropyFan, on 12/01/2007, -2/+11The original part is they aren't giving away low bit rate, DRM laced crap.
- MarkDykeman, on 12/01/2007, -1/+18glad you mentioned that Pepsi was a co-sponsor; you need to buy 5 Pepsi products to get one MP3
- whataboutdave, on 12/01/2007, -5/+5This reeks of desperation.
- pdangelo22, on 12/01/2007, -2/+2ah, more like promotion of a great new service
- spyd3rweb, on 12/01/2007, -13/+3Probably going to give away some lovely lossy 128kbps files... DO NOT WANT.
- Xelseragoth, on 12/01/2007, -0/+8Amazon's MP3s (at least the ones I have looked into) are 256kbps DRM free.
- dalex1, on 12/01/2007, -2/+3As opposed to what ... some 320kbps lossless MP3s? /crickets
- spyd3rweb, on 12/01/2007, -3/+2Some lossless FLAC files?
- MacGyver2210, on 12/01/2007, -0/+8Maybe you haven't heard, but the world isn't speaking with Linux right now. Even though it's getting pretty popular, it's still grounded and can't come out to play.
- spyd3rweb, on 12/01/2007, -1/+1FLAC works just fine on wintendo just so you know.
- MacGyver2210, on 12/01/2007, -0/+8Maybe you haven't heard, but the world isn't speaking with Linux right now. Even though it's getting pretty popular, it's still grounded and can't come out to play.
- spyd3rweb, on 12/01/2007, -3/+2Some lossless FLAC files?
- Ramble, on 12/01/2007, -1/+145 Pepsi products? What a ***** rip, that's like £5 here in the UK for one free MP3, yea ***** right. One Pepsi product is dangerously close to the line, 5 is just stupid. I doubt anyone is going to buy 5 billion pepsi products.
- lrdntwnd, on 12/01/2007, -0/+6When Pepsi teamed up with Apple, it was just a straight-up free iTunes download. I think 1 in 3 bottles had one. It was a great promotion. I wish they were doing that again...
- bingobongony, on 12/01/2007, -0/+2If it was 1 in 3 bottles that had one, it was NOT a "straight up free download"
- bingobongony, on 12/01/2007, -1/+1What the ***** are you babbling about? No one is suggesting that people buy the Pepsi products, pour it down the drain, and then get your MP3 song. As for your last line...you apparently are COMPLETELY ignorant with how big the soft drink industry is.
- sevenalive, on 12/02/2007, -0/+2I remember they even had that girl in the commerical, she was the first one to get busted for downloading
- lrdntwnd, on 12/01/2007, -0/+6When Pepsi teamed up with Apple, it was just a straight-up free iTunes download. I think 1 in 3 bottles had one. It was a great promotion. I wish they were doing that again...
- badenglishihave, on 12/01/2007, -3/+6Word has it Janet Jackson will be making an appearance on Amazon midway through the giveaway.
- bjornski, on 12/01/2007, -1/+2After seeing her floppy meat-bag last time, that's reason enough to avoid this.
- ThunkDifferent, on 12/01/2007, -1/+3Can i get the Superbowl shuffle? i like that song & i'd like to hear like, a billion times
- Lax32, on 12/01/2007, -0/+38In other news, the Pirate Bay has decided to give away one kazillion free MP3s in the "Because We Can" promotion.
- opnotic, on 12/01/2007, -7/+2The internet offers 3 to 4 times that amount. (Not sure about the exact number of songs available on the internet but it's a lot... and they are free). How the heck do you put an MP3 in a can of Pepsi anyway?
- bjornski, on 12/01/2007, -1/+1They just give you a link, then you have to deal with an ad-infested web page and enter a bunch of info you don't want to give out, to download the "valuable" item.
- bingobongony, on 12/01/2007, -1/+2You have to give Apple the same "information that you don't want o give out" to buy from iTunes.
- bjornski, on 12/01/2007, -0/+1And that's why I don't buy from iTunes.
- bingobongony, on 12/01/2007, -1/+2You have to give Apple the same "information that you don't want o give out" to buy from iTunes.
- bjornski, on 12/01/2007, -1/+1They just give you a link, then you have to deal with an ad-infested web page and enter a bunch of info you don't want to give out, to download the "valuable" item.
- tortfeasor, on 12/01/2007, -0/+6"Unfortunately, of course there's a gimmick in the 1 billion song promotion - you'll have to buy 5 Pepsi products to get 5 codes for each MP3. According to a great summary of the news at PaidContent, a similar Pepsi promotion for iTunes that aimed to give away 100 million songs in 2004 only saw 5 million people participate."
- Xelseragoth, on 12/01/2007, -0/+4I got 19 free songs out of that one. It helps going to a college that only carries Pepsi products, and other people giving me their caps.
- r81984, on 12/01/2007, -0/+14Who hasn't given away a billion free mp3s?
- opnotic, on 12/01/2007, -0/+2Best!
- spidoman, on 12/01/2007, -0/+7Oh...not to each person? Shouldn't have gotten my hopes up.
- derekivey, on 12/01/2007, -1/+13Buried as inaccurate. You have to buy 5 pepsi products!
- MacGyver2210, on 12/01/2007, -0/+5"sources are telling Billboard that Amazon and Pepsi will team up to give away 1 billion MP3s for free in 2008"
Straight up. If you have to buy a bunch of pepsi ***** first, these aren't free.
- MacGyver2210, on 12/01/2007, -0/+5"sources are telling Billboard that Amazon and Pepsi will team up to give away 1 billion MP3s for free in 2008"
- Amorn, on 12/01/2007, -0/+5Free MP3? Isn't it always free?
- NickMilne, on 12/01/2007, -0/+25*opens BitTorrent client*
*drinks Coke*- EasY_TargeT, on 12/01/2007, -0/+1/join
- someone173406, on 12/01/2007, -0/+4Prince is freaking out as we speak.
- bjornski, on 12/01/2007, -0/+3He should be more upset that out of those billion files, none will be his.
He's becoming more irrelevant every day.
- bjornski, on 12/01/2007, -0/+3He should be more upset that out of those billion files, none will be his.
- themoosejuice, on 12/01/2007, -0/+9ITS GOING TO BOMB!
1. Required to buy 5 Pepsi
2. Then you get 5 codes, dont loose em.
3. You gotta enter all of them at amazon.
4. Search for the "one" song to redeem for free
In the end, Amazon looks like a total chump for making you go through all that. Pepsi looks like a chump as well. When you make contests like this so complicated, you just create hatred toward your brand, not loyalty. So what you get in short term sales, you actually loose out in the long run.
The Apple/Pepsi promotion was VERY good. Almost every pepsi I opened had a code, I just punched it into itunes and got a credit. Made me happy to buy a pepsi and i felt happy about the whole contest.- bjornski, on 12/01/2007, -0/+1To enter those codes, you have to go to their advertising filled pages. It's nothing more than maximizing their ad-views.
- bingobongony, on 12/01/2007, -1/+2So? You spend your entire day on the advertising laden pages of Digg.com, and get absolutely nothing out of it, except maybe a decrease in IQ from reading all the crap.
- bjornski, on 12/01/2007, -0/+1There are ads on the internet?
My blockers beg to differ. AdBlock isn't enough for me. I also registered Ad Muncher (which kicks serious ass).
I just refuse to do business with pro-GOP donating Amazon.
- bjornski, on 12/01/2007, -0/+1There are ads on the internet?
- bingobongony, on 12/01/2007, -1/+2So? You spend your entire day on the advertising laden pages of Digg.com, and get absolutely nothing out of it, except maybe a decrease in IQ from reading all the crap.
- NewOntario, on 12/01/2007, -0/+4I couldn't agree more. For the price of five bottles of Pepsi, I could legally buy five songs of iTunes. Or for the price of zero bottles of Pepsi, I could get as many songs as I want.
- bingobongony, on 12/01/2007, -0/+1Do you honestly think that the general public perception of Pepsi and Amazon over this will be that they are "chumps"?
They are giving you something that you may choose (even though choose rhymes with LOSE, but is not spelled similarly, by the way) to do, or not. The price of buying a Pepsi is not increasing because of it. So for the people who choose to do it, it is a good deal.
- bjornski, on 12/01/2007, -0/+1To enter those codes, you have to go to their advertising filled pages. It's nothing more than maximizing their ad-views.
- 3dprototype, on 12/01/2007, -2/+9Free ain't "free" if you have to purchase something to get it. Marketing lies!
- reed311, on 12/01/2007, -0/+2It's free because the price of a Pepsi is not raised in order to compensate. You are still getting the Pepsi product you normally would, but you also get an mp3; hence the mp3 is free.
- reed311, on 12/01/2007, -0/+2It's free because the price of a Pepsi is not raised in order to compensate. You are still getting the Pepsi product you normally would, but you also get an mp3; hence the mp3 is free.
- hippykiller, on 12/01/2007, -0/+5A free mp3 for buying a minimum of $5.00 worth of Pepsi products. That does not seem like such a great deal to me. Just buy an mp3 and skip the Pepsi.
- bingobongony, on 12/01/2007, -0/+1Great...you don't drink soda. It is evil.. blah blah blah. Get off your high horse. No one is suggesting that people buy Pepsi just to get the MP3 you ***** idiot. For people that already drink Pepsi, this is a great deal. For a family of Pepsi drinkers, it is a free MP3 every week.
- freekye, on 12/01/2007, -0/+1So, if hippy's post means he hates soda then yours must meant you LOVE it.......admit it you rub pepsi on your ***** while you think of amazon dont you. Youre a ***** prick *****. Kill yourself with a torn soda can and do the world a favor.
- bingobongony, on 12/01/2007, -0/+1Great...you don't drink soda. It is evil.. blah blah blah. Get off your high horse. No one is suggesting that people buy Pepsi just to get the MP3 you ***** idiot. For people that already drink Pepsi, this is a great deal. For a family of Pepsi drinkers, it is a free MP3 every week.
- chrisutley, on 12/01/2007, -0/+4Momma-mia, I'm-a gonna need one hell of a big iPod, no!?
- bingobongony, on 12/01/2007, -0/+1The only catch is they are giving them all away to one lucky winner.
- Gemfinder, on 12/01/2007, -0/+1Aigh!! Millions of gallons of high fructose corn syrup entering the foodstream for the sake of music! As if this country wasn't obese enough!
- halcyon626, on 12/02/2007, -0/+1Unfortunately its one billion copies of "Never Gonna Give You Up."
- suinmind, on 12/02/2007, -0/+1Why don't they spend the money for the amount of ink used to print 5,000,000,000 codes to give away free (really free) songs?
Most of the time, the advertisers are too greedy to think of something really effective. - rcd19, on 12/02/2007, -0/+2am i the only one that thout they were giving away a billion mp3 players
- Gemfinder, on 12/03/2007, -0/+1Word. I thought, "One human in six, worldwide? No way. China couldn't fill that order if all they made were MP3 players, 24-7-365."
- DHels13, on 12/05/2007, -0/+0after amazon gives away free mp3s, they will send you emails with suggestions for further purchases based on the information gathered from all the free music you selected
- mhmdkhamis, on 03/01/2008, -0/+0"Unfortunately, of course there's a gimmick in the 1 billion song promotion - you'll have to buy 5 Pepsi products to get 5 codes for each MP3. According to a great summary of the news at PaidContent, a similar Pepsi promotion for iTunes that aimed to give away 100 million songs in 2004 only saw 5 million people participate."
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