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Itunes 1 billionth song prize >$15000

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A kid from Michigan got himself a 20 inch iMac, 10 iPods and a $10,000 iTunes gift card just for downloading the 1 billionth song that iTunes has sold. :yow1:

It just had to be a Michigander didn't it.....:scum4:

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WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Alex Ostrovsky got more than he bargained for when downloading Coldplay's "Speed of Sound" from the iTunes Music Store.
The 16-year-old's purchase was the one billionth song bought from the online music service that Apple Computer Inc. kicked off three years ago, charging 99 cents for most tracks. Ostrovsky's selection was from Coldplay's "X&Y" album.
The youth, who lives in the Detroit suburb of West Bloomfield Township, was showered with prizes: a 20-inch iMac, 10 fifth-generation iPods and a $10,000 iTunes gift card.
Apple also said it would establish a scholarship to the Juilliard School of Music in his name.
"Over one billion songs have now been legally purchased and downloaded around the globe, representing a major force against music piracy and the future of music distribution as we move from CDs to the Internet," Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO, said in a statement.
In addition to more than 2 million songs from the major music companies and independent record labels, the iTunes Music Store also features music videos, Pixar and Disney short films, TV shows, podcasts and audiobooks.
The growing popularity of purchasing songs by the track shows in declining CD sales. A total of 618.9 million CD albums were sold during 2005, down from the 762.8 million in 2001, according to Nielsen Soundscan.
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I didn't hear anything about this. If they gave away stuff every 100 million (like one ipod rather than this incredible haul)... I think it could seriously inflate sales if they advertised it enough. Who wouldn't buy a cheap song for a shot at a free prize.
 
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tibor75 said:
I"m not sure what I'd do with a $1000 gift card for itunes let alone a $10,000. There can't be that many songs to download, can there?
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He just got 10 free iPods. If he wanted too, he could download every song 10 times for each iPod. Seriously though, what would you do with the money as well as the iPods? Would you give them away or would you try and sell them cheap? I would probably do a combination of both.
 
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After giving an ipod to each person in my family I'd sell the rest for 300 each on ebay and then just pocket the rest. I'd probably also sell the iMac and get a real computer. And as for the 10,000 dollar gift card... well... I dunno, I guess I could stop downloading stuff from other less reputable sources...
 
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