Where is Zeppelin, AC/DC, Metallica....

[SkylerOPR]

and Aerosmith?!?! Led Zeppelin is one of my favorite bands of all time and all they have are these lame "Tribute" albums. This kind of makes me mad but I've seen a lot of discussion about it and I hope they add them soon. I was just wondering if any of you knew if they are going to or not. Thanks for the help.

PS - It would also be nice if iTunes offered a monthly fee for the store instead of the 99 cents a song.

[mrdantownsend]

iTunes Sucks, I hope you know that

go to http://www.MP3Search.ru for 10 cents a song

almost all songs

[Boilerblues]

Those bands don't have signed liscense agreements with Apple. Same with the Beatles. They can't sell their music if the bands haven't given Apple the rights to.

[woyzeck9]

Those bands either don't like the idea of selling songs a la carte, or I don't know.

BTW, with a subscription based ITMS you don't actually own the songs and have to remove them if you stop your subscription.

[HellSpark]

Hi all,

Well, I know Metallica specifically refuses to sell music over the internet... You see their albumns are artistically crafted and it is inappropriate to listen to songs "out of context" with the rest of the albumn. Some labels refuse to sign up with Apple and that prevents the iTMS from carrying those artists. That is a $500 Million mistake! LMAO

[dcmacnut]

Well Aerosmith is right here (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?artistId=115386). As to the others, the answer's already been given - those bands won't sell music over the Internet, though I think AC/DC has a deal with Rhapsody, but don't quote me on that. Other than that, no download service on the planet carries them.

[AquaX]

BTW, with a subscription based ITMS you don't actually own the songs and have to remove them if you stop your subscription.

Wrong. iTMS is not a subscription based service. You pay per track or per album, not per month or per year (like a subscription). You "own" the songs you purchase from iTMS just as much as you "own" the songs on a physical CD you purchase.

Other than that, no download service on the planet carries them.

Unless Allofmp3.com is coming from another planet, all the artists the OP talked about (Led Zep, Aerosmith, AC/DC) are all available on their service. Granted, the legality of Allofmp3.com for US citizens is still in question, but it still doesn't deny the fact that some services have them available.

My personal view is that labels and bands will have to get on the bandwagon (pun, I know) with online music sales as more and more consumers stop buying physical CDs, and start buying more digital downloads.

[dcmacnut]

Unless Allofmp3.com is coming from another planet, all the artists the OP talked about (Led Zep, Aerosmith, AC/DC) are all available on their service. Granted, the legality of Allofmp3.com for US citizens is still in question, but it still doesn't deny the fact that some services have them available.

Point taken, but the "legality" of allofmp3.com is the key factor there. Those bands have not licensed their music to ANY download service, including allofmp3. Allofmp3 claims it is legitimate based on some blanket license under Russian copyright law -- which is questionable at best even by Russian standards (Moscow police are investigating the company). But my original point remains that those bands have not licensed, nor will they license anytime soon, I imagine to mainstream download services.

[AquaX]

Counter point taken :-)

[alienmeatsack]

I doubt Metallica will ever allow their music to be sold online until the loudmouth i mean lars leaves the band.

Besides, if you are a fan of their music, you probably own their physical albums anyway. Right?

[Fishguts]

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You all know that COMPACT DISCS still exsist. But yeah, that sucks that they dont carry Zeppelin.