Comments on: Lala’s big idea turns online music, and iTunes Store, upside down

By: CaG

CaG — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:05:32 +0000

lala.com is nothing short of groundbreaking. Not the concept (although that’s pretty cool too), but the fact that ALL FOUR major labels signed off on the licensing! Cloud storage for music isn’t my ideal mode of listening, but at 10 cents a piece, It’s great for songs that I want, but don’t 89 cents want. I can stream anywhere I have my laptop (which is most places) or have WiFi for my iPod touch. The licenses were hard enough to get for U.S. only, so don’t be surprised it’s U.S. only. When (and hopefully not if) the model proves to be successful, I wouldn’t be surprised to see it spread into other territories.

By: Makki

Makki — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:44:03 +0000

One thing i noticed is Lala service is currently only available in the USA.

By: Dean Lucas

Dean Lucas — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:23:46 +0000

@chris – Like the article says, Lala’s big idea is nothing new, but rather a twist on existing ideas that make it something very useful and unique. Lala does indeed have some of the functionality found in Simplify Media, but it also mixes in the best features of Pandora, Last.fm, Rhapsody, and iTunes. For streaming music, it’s as good as any of these apps. Since music files are stored in the cloud, you never have to worry about running out of disk space as you add more music or try to move it around from device to device. Not to mention that buying new music is a lot cheaper than the iTunes Store.

By: chris

chris — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:01:00 +0000

Check out simplify media, and you may find this isn’t quite as revolutionary

By: Steve Rumsby

Steve Rumsby — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:34:35 +0000

I got all excited for a moment, until I tried to sign up. US only.

By: John Marquez

John Marquez — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:53:31 +0000

Why would you need to stream your music over the internet? There are so many free internet radios and the capacity of MP3 players is growing rapidly.
Even at home a 250GB hard drive is very affordable these days to store all you digital music.