BuyMusic
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Type of site | Music downloads |
|---|---|
| URL | www |
| Launched | July 2003 |
BuyMusic was a paid
Buy.com
.
History
The store was launched in July 2003 with 300,000
¢ to US$
1.99. Reportedly in 2003, the site claimed to be "The World’s Largest Download Music Store."
The site used to have extreme limitations on what users could browse. It would not allow anyone not using
press releases
. Since the integration, all users can access all of Buy.com.
The site has provided no
iTunes Music Store numbers." in a December 2003 interview
.
Though the download service's closure was never officially announced, it had quietly disappeared by December 2009, if not before;[3] Buy.com's press releases stopped mentioning it sometime in 2007. The buymusic.com URL formerly redirected to Buy.com's physical CD store, and later redirects to Rakuten but now times out.
References
- ^ "eSecurity Planet: Internet Security for IT Professionals". Drmwatch.com. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-04-03. Retrieved 2004-03-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Buy.com Music Downloads Quietly Fly Away". Digital Music News. 2009-02-10. Archived from the original on 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2012-07-20.