iTunes could get cloud-based backup solution

Anybody ever heard of DeDupe and oversubscription technologies.
The above could be done by keeping a 99$ subrscription fee for a couple of TB of capacity, and just oversubscribe like Google does with Gmail. On top of that, why storing same files for multiple users..... If I have a song or movie stored, the next user coming in would just need a link to the files I stored.....
This can be a very lucrative business..... Just store all the music of most of the labels in your datacentre ( which apple has any way because of iTunes ) and than link it out.

Then, just charge a fee for storage and you recover some of ypur IT investment as wel.

Here in europe, I can have unlimited capacity and unlimited backuo capacity for around 150 US$ with smal companies already. i can't see why Apple as a giant could not off that service, since they have most of the music stored anyway because of their iTunes shop

That image of iTunes in the clouds is outdated, there's a new iTunes icon now. And the image was stolen from MacDaddyNews

Let's try to come up with new uses for such a service.

For example, "let Apple rip your CDs for you." Insert a CD and Apple instantly places a pre-ripped copy in your locker. You can then access the music from any device linked to your iTunes account.

Think of solutions that emphasize space over bandwidth. Let Apple Rip would use just a tiny bit of bandwidth.

Here's another, "virtual backups." Apple can backup the songs in your library by simply identifying them and placing copies it already has in your backup library, without transferring the file over the Internet. It would take just a few minutes even for massive libraries. If you have modified the metadata, it can just transfer the changes.

I hope it will be an expanded Mobileme with dropbox like-or better-sync between devices, so that we get to cloudless computing for all needs, including images, documents and device syncing.

Is there a reason there's an old outdated iTunes logo?

Speaking of the 24 bit rumour, I'm having trouble making sense of it. It'd be great if iTunes started supporting 24 bit lossless formats, but I can't see them selling that out of the iTunes store, considering they don't offer their own current lossless format (something they should be doing if they want people like me buying music from the iTunes store. I simply will not pay a dime for compressed music, period). There's no point to 24 bit tracks if they are still using compression.

While I welcome the idea off an off site backup of all my iTunes purchases, of which I own a lot of, I'm not sure if current bandwidth & Internet speeds are at a level that makes such a task easy and enjoyable. The cloud based iTunes music rumor seems to work against the other rumor about hi-def 24 bit music files, which I'm guessing would mean larger size files and more data to move back and forth over one's Internet. I can't wait to see Apple does with this new data center.

This may provide easy synchronization across devices for iTunes purchases. However this won't negate the need my family has for a multi-terabyte array either. The great majority of our video was purchased on DVD and blu-ray, which is then converted to digital form for personal use. Not repurchasing thousands of dollars worth of video to simply have it in the cloud.

There is also the worry of the long haul. I don't think apple is going anywhere but what happens if technologies change, will there bestraightfoward upgrades? Apple needs to provide som future-proof assurances.

Like someone else already said, I'm guessing this service will be for purchased iTunes music only, or they may have tier pricing for storage amounts of media purchased else where.

Either will be a worthless service to me. The majority of my iTunes library also consists of lossless rips from my cd collection, and lossless downloads purchased elsewhere.

I simply cannot see Apple or anybody making it too easy for me to store 200+ gigs and counting of iTunes library in the cloud. Storage space costs money, bandwidth costs money, wake up people.

The goal is to allow households to own only iPads, and no laptops/desktops. Today that is simply not possible. iPads need iTunes.