iTunes Celebrates Its 10 Billionth Download
Ten billion served! Kind of impressive for an idea many thought wouldn’t work that ended up destroying an entire industry nobody liked in the first place.
iTunes, which holds amongst its scalps the entire music industry, celebrated its 10 billionth download since the service launched in April of 2003. The song? An old Johnny Cash tune, the aptly named “Guess Things Happen That Way,” which was downloaded by Louie Sulcer of Woodstock, GA.
Mr. Sulcer, who is 71 years young, has won the following for clicking the right “buy now” button at the right time:
- An iTunes gift card valued at $10,000
- A phone call from Steve Jobs, which was how he found out he’d won in the first place
- A phone call from Rosanne Cash, Johnny Cash’s daughter, who thanked him for buying one of her dad’s songs
- A live rendition of “Guess Things Happen That Way” from John Levinthal, Rosanne’s husband
- Humongous bragging rights
What’s Mr. Sulcer to do with his gigantic iTunes gift card? He’s unsure, but says that he’ll have birthdays and Christmas set for a while now.
To Louie Sulcer, for dancing upon the grave of the music industry!
Source: NY Times
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