Technology
In 2005, Virgin Digital was launched to cater for those that bought their music digitally or wanted to rip and burn their current music collection. This is designed to add to the services provided by Virgin, rather than replace the Megastores. The download service has faced some criticism from consumer groups due to its incompatibility with the popular iPod music players. The service has since been discontinued. Around the world there are other Virgin branded digital music retail websites, such as VirginMega.fr, France's number 2 music download website.
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