I have not downloaded it, so I do not know the following from personal experience. But allegedly, once people downloaded it, they literally could not delete it. I think that is what got a lot of people upset, the fact that they could not delete it.
Arnold Schmidt ----- Original Message ----- From: Teresa Cochran To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 3:09 PM Subject: Re: Apple Releases U2 Removal Tool, Today I frankly don't understand why there's a removal teol for this, when one can remove anything from the music library or purchased playlist in the usual way. Teresa "We can see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well, and seeing with the brain is often called imagination."--Oliver Sacks On Sep 16, 2014, at 12:51 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: And I bet now that people can remove it some will complain after October 13 that maybe the decided they want it after all and now have to pay for it. What a bunch of baloney. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Monday, September 15, 2014 12:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Apple Releases U2 Removal Tool, Today 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. 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