I've tried the link below but the site will not let me sign in. Has anyone else had this problem?
Kawal. On 15 Sep 2014, at 20:39, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: > Hello Listers, > > The link to actually remove the album is located at the bottom of this post. > > Mark > > Apple has released a tool to remove U2's new album from its customers' > iTunes accounts six days after giving away the music for free. > > Some users had complained about the fact that Songs of Innocence had > automatically been downloaded to their devices without their permission. > > It had not been immediately obvious to many of the account holders how to > delete the tracks. > > The US tech firm is now providing a one-click removal button. > > "Some customers asked for the ability to delete 'Songs of Innocence' from > their library, so we set up itunes.com/soi-remove to let them easily do so. > Any customer that needs additional help should contact AppleCare," spokesman > Adam Howorth told the BBC. > > Users who want to remove the new U2 album can now click a button to do so > Users who remove the album and do not download it again before 13 October > will be charged for the 11 tracks if they subsequently try to add them > again. > > "It's embarrassing for Apple that it's had a bit of a backlash," commented > Ian Maude from the media consultancy Enders Analysis. > > "It was giving something away to its customers - so that part was really > good - but what it should have probably done was make it optional. Not > everybody's a U2 fan as it's just discovered. > > "Is there any long-term impact? No. It's moved very quickly to fix the > problem." > > 'Blood, sweat and tears' > > Apple made the album available to about 500 million iTunes customers in 119 > countries to coincide with its iPhone 6 and Watch launch event last week. > > Some users had requested an easy way to delete the music from their media > libraries U2's singer Bono acknowledged at the time that not everyone would > appreciate the gift. > > "People who haven't heard our music, or weren't remotely interested, might > play us for the first time because we're in their library," he wrote on the > band's site. > > "And for the people out there who have no interest in checking us out, look > at it this way... the blood, sweat and tears of some Irish guys are in your > junk mail." > > Bono added that Apple had "paid" for the giveaway, and reports have > suggested that prime placement of banner ads publicising the album on the > iTunes store and other publicity provided by the tech firm might be worth as > much as $100m (£62m). > > Sales of earlier U2 albums have re-entered iTunes' charts and the band has > also raised its profile ahead of an expected tour as well as a planned > follow-up album called Songs of Experience. > > To Remove the Album from your iCloud account, go to: > http://itunes.com/soi-remove > > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
