Let's face it: the death of Amy Winehouse means increased product sales, and stakeholders are probably going to exploit this for years to come (Tupac, anyone?) But can we at least give it a few days? "Remember Amy Winehouse by downloading the ground-breaking 'Back to Black' over at Zune," Microsoft hawked early this morning from @tweetbox360.
Classy, right? Predictably, a Twitter backlash materialized, and Microsoft started apologizing. Or, overcompensating in 140 characters or less...
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Alyssa Monday, July 25, 2011
iTunes is doing the same thing on their homepage, the nature of the beast I suppose. RIP to a wonderful artist. The tragedy is a lost life, and all the music in her head we'll never get to hear.
MisterSoftee Monday, July 25, 2011
I noticed Apple did it a little differently on their iTunes Twitter. A mention but not buy link or advertisement: "Remembering Amy Winehouse. We'll never forget your incredible talent."
CRZ Monday, July 25, 2011
Amazon MP3 has Winehouse prominently featured on their front page, too.
Jonh Ingham Wednesday, July 27, 2011
I was on the train on Monday going into London and the guy sitting next to me was flexing his elbows as he did all his email. Being bashed by his arms made me look at his laptop and I noticed the Sony logo on the email. Turned out he was chasing up the license clearances on all the Amy Winehouse videos.
I predict an album of all the unreleased tracks recorded after Back To Black in time for Christmas.
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