iTunes creates new venue for Indy distribution

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Hmmm..I seem to remember something about a mass-produced snowboarding movie called That. Stolen Name!

I'd always seen the formula styled as "Indy Car" or "IndyCar" racing, I wasn't aware that Indy on its own was used, so thanks, mundus vult decipi, for that info.

The OED, though, is clearly missing something. "indy" = "indie" = "independent" is very common indeed. +indy +wrestling +league in google throws up thousands of uses. http://www.indyfilmco-op.org/ and http://www.indymedia.org/ are just two of many sites using it for "indie". It is used all over the place.

VanillaSpice,

Indy is, indeed, a style of racing.
http://www.indycar.com/
http://www.formulaindyracing.com/

It is based on the car formula that evolved in association with the Indy 500. And as a side note the OED does not list 'indy' as a short form of independent. It lists 'indy' as the short form of Indianapolis (and particularly references Indy-style racing) and an obsolete variant of India. 'Indie' is listed as "colloq. abbrev. of INDEPENDENT a. and n. (used esp. in the film industry in the United States)." I'm not saying the 'indy' in the headline is wrong, but it was somewhat perplexing as 'indie' seems to be the common usage.

Can anyone say DRM-Free section on the way?

No, M. Kozaqii, you're wrong.

indy-with-a-y is a synonym for indie-with-an-ie, as well as being a stand-in for Indianapolis. It does not refer to a style of racing at all, it only has a racing connection with "Indy 500" being short for "Indianapolis 500", which is only one race of many in the style you describe.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indy

Indy is also a common abbreviation and nickname:
* A variation of the term indie as an abbreviation of "independent"
* A common nickname for Indianapolis, Indiana.
* "Indy Media" is a nickname for the Independent Media Center
* "The Indy" is a nickname for the British newspaper The Independent

M. Kozaqii: Exactly what I was thinking.

Indy |ˈindē|
noun
a form of auto racing in which specially constructed cars are driven around a banked, regular, typically oval circuit, which allows for exceptionally high speeds.

indie |ˈindē|
informal adjective
• (of a record label or film company) not belonging to or affiliated with a major record or film company.
• characteristic of the deliberately unpolished or uncommercialized style of such groups.
• noun a pop group or record label of this type.
• an independent film company.

Me thought this was a prequel for that, then what are those?

411 is now on iTunes also, THAT for 1.99 is a fucking steal.