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&lt;p&gt;Judgment on January 12, 2009:  No unlimited bundling iTunes option was announced at MacWorld. -- The Industry Standard&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Original prediction: Chris Foresman over at Ars Technica &lt;a href=&quot;http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080319-apple-may-bundle-unlimited-itunes-with-ipods.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;has the story&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;A report by the &lt;a href=&quot;/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot; Apple mulls unlimited music bundle&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Financial Times&lt;/a&gt; (registration required) cites unnamed executives who say that Apple is in talks with record labels to offer access to the entire iTunes music library for a lump sum price.&amp;quot; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is a prediction that Apple will announce an unlimited bundled iTunes option, using a lump sum payment (i.e. not a subscription), whether that sum is included in the price for a given device, or whether the sum is paid for separately outside of the device purchase (either scenario will serve as grounds for a favorable judement of this prediction). We are setting an expiry date of of January 9, 2009, which is the last day of MacWorld.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;UPDATE: Saul Hansell of the NYT says that there is &lt;a href=&quot;http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/19/apple-will-listen-to-universals-music-subscription-pitch/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;definitely some truth to this rumor. . .&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Judgment on January 12, 2009:  No unlimited bundling iTunes option was announced at MacWorld. -- The Industry Standard&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Original prediction: Chris Foresman over at Ars Technica &lt;a href=&quot;http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080319-apple-may-bundle-unlimited-itunes-with-ipods.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;has the story&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;A report by the &lt;a href=&quot;/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot; Apple mulls unlimited music bundle&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Financial Times&lt;/a&gt; (registration required) cites unnamed executives who say that Apple is in talks with record labels to offer access to the entire iTunes music library for a lump sum price.&amp;quot; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is a prediction that Apple will announce an unlimited bundled iTunes option, using a lump sum payment (i.e. not a subscription), whether that sum is included in the price for a given device, or whether the sum is paid for separately outside of the device purchase (either scenario will serve as grounds for a favorable judement of this prediction). We are setting an expiry date of of January 9, 2009, which is the last day of MacWorld.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;UPDATE: Saul Hansell of the NYT says that there is &lt;a href=&quot;http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/19/apple-will-listen-to-universals-music-subscription-pitch/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;definitely some truth to this rumor. . .&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Judgment on January 12, 2009:  No unlimited bundling iTunes option was announced at MacWorld. -- The Industry Standard&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Original prediction: Chris Foresman over at Ars Technica &lt;a href=&quot;http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080319-apple-may-bundle-unlimited-itunes-with-ipods.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;has the story&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;A report by the &lt;a href=&quot;/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title=&quot; Apple mulls unlimited music bundle&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Financial Times&lt;/a&gt; (registration required) cites unnamed executives who say that Apple is in talks with record labels to offer access to the entire iTunes music library for a lump sum price.&amp;quot; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is a prediction that Apple will announce an unlimited bundled iTunes option, using a lump sum payment (i.e. not a subscription), whether that sum is included in the price for a given device, or whether the sum is paid for separately outside of the device purchase (either scenario will serve as grounds for a favorable judement of this prediction). We are setting an expiry date of of January 9, 2009, which is the last day of MacWorld.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;UPDATE: Saul Hansell of the NYT says that there is &lt;a href=&quot;http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/19/apple-will-listen-to-universals-music-subscription-pitch/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;definitely some truth to this rumor. . .&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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