4 million iTunes songs disappear, speculations abound

4 million iTunes songs disappear, speculations abound - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW):

Now the blogosphere is buzzing with the fact that Apple said they had over "10 million" songs in their library, then later changed the page to say "6 million." That's a difference of 4 million songs unaccounted for

Oh, good lordie. The blogosphere needs a life some days.

I'll bet that the first number is the total number of songs in all of the iTunes stores globally. And the second number is the U.S. iTunes list only, because someone realized that they do have that many songs, but nobody can actually access them all because of licensing restrictions. both numbers are probably correct, the larger number is one that opens Apple to "inflation criticism", so someone probably made the call to go with the U.S. store number.

Nothing to see here. Back to your parent's basement, you people who actually care about this...

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This is the new feature that Apple is working on with the RIAA. The ability to make licensed music VANISH!