100 million iTunes contest over...10:30pm PST

Well, that was fun. The 100 million Apple iTunes contest is over, at about 10:30 pm PST 7/11/04 the 100 millionth song was downloaded (or assuming Apple played by the rules, a possible free entry). We had shown how to enter for free,
some people were disqualified, and many people are still
questioning if it was ever really possible to win without purchasing a song. Here are Engadget HQ, we entered each time possible using the free entry method we documented
here, we'll let you know if we won, but we're pretty sure there's no way in hell a "free" anything would have won this contest, that would totally damage the brand and contest, it's hard to say how the contest really worked— we like everyone else will just need to assume it was all on the up and up. No matter what, Apple, nicely done. Some how, some way you've managed to trump Sony who invented the Walkman and even owned a music company. There's Napster, Walmart and everyone else trying to figure this out, you just passed a milestone they may never reach, cheers to that.