apple.com— At approximately 12:37 PM Eastern on February 23rd, 2006, Apple sold its one billionth song on iTunes, marking the end of their Billion Song Giveaway campaign.
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In related news, iTunes contest winner can't afford to pay taxes on his prize....Seriously, 10 60gb iPods($4,000), 20"iMac($1619), $10000 iTunes gift card....$15,619 in income there. Pretty much a minimum of $1500 added to your taxes, and thats at the minimum 10% bracket. Could go up to about $5000 or so. I'd sell a few iPods so I could pay the taxes...A man actually turned down a bunch of free airline tickets he won because he wouldn't be able to afford the taxes on the cash value of the final prize.Even in luck, the IRS still gets theirs.
I want to make a billion dollars selling something free! anyone want to buy some bottled water? Sure you can get it for free, but mine can only be consumed by up to 3 registered people from overpriced bottles that i sell. dont worry though, they bottles are white with shades of grey, so everyone will see how cool you are.
Closed AccountFeb 23, 2006
"ate to disappoint you, but Carl Sagan never actually said that (so he claims)."umm dude go watch the Cosmos series, he says it several times.
cualexanderFeb 23, 2006
In related news, iTunes contest winner can't afford to pay taxes on his prize....Seriously, 10 60gb iPods($4,000), 20"iMac($1619), $10000 iTunes gift card....$15,619 in income there. Pretty much a minimum of $1500 added to your taxes, and thats at the minimum 10% bracket. Could go up to about $5000 or so. I'd sell a few iPods so I could pay the taxes...A man actually turned down a bunch of free airline tickets he won because he wouldn't be able to afford the taxes on the cash value of the final prize.Even in luck, the IRS still gets theirs.
smerndmgyFeb 23, 2006
I want to make a billion dollars selling something free! anyone want to buy some bottled water? Sure you can get it for free, but mine can only be consumed by up to 3 registered people from overpriced bottles that i sell. dont worry though, they bottles are white with shades of grey, so everyone will see how cool you are.
grimreaper187Feb 23, 2006
how cool would it have been f**k the police by nwa as the one billionth song lol
Closed AccountFeb 23, 2006
Speed of Sound ...................................
chandlerFeb 23, 2006
whitepages.com Alex Ostrovsky West Bloomfield, Mich. you think I can beat the UPS truck?
tmacmanFeb 24, 2006
"-you can only send those songs boughten from the store to 5 iPods some bulls**t that they did."Actually @nismodrift, Apple's limit for authorization is 5 computers. iPods don't have to be authorized, so you can have as many as you want (or can afford.) <a class="user" href="http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/musicstore/authorization/">http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/musicstore/authorization/</a>