Music download vending machines coming to Britain
A company called Inspired Broadcast Networks is installing music vending machines in a couple of subway stations in London that'll let you download music to your cellphone or MP3 player. They're going to charge £1 per track, with each kiosk having about two million songs to choose from, and that they have plans to install more than 20,000 of them at pubs, stores, and gas stations around the country. So let's see, custom CD kiosks never really took off, why should music download kiosks do any better? It might be a little faster to use a kiosk, and there is a convenience factor for when you're on the go, but it's not like you can't already download (and even legally buy) music pretty easily using a computer at home; we won't even get into all the compatibility and DRM issues involved with connecting up different MP3 players and cellphones.
