The Nightmare Before Christmas

[Kaido]

Wow. So much for the 'family man' image

 

[scootermaster]

Can you think of a group of people more deserving of having their asses handed to them than record execs?

 

[Kaido]

Well I liked that the article said that iTunes is now more powerful than the record labels. Onward to a digital future, I say!

 

[TheStu]

Originally posted by: Kaido


Well I liked that the article said that iTunes is now more powerful than the record labels. Onward to a digital future, I say!

Especially when you consider that stunt that Universal (linked in the Gizmodo piece) tried to pulll a while back "Either give in or we will pull our content from your store" The difference between then and now of course was that at that time, iTunes was number 3 retailer in the US, they are now the number 1 retailer. That gives them a much bigger bat to swing at the negotiating table.

 

[mmntech]

Originally posted by: Kaido
Wow. So much for the 'family man' image

If you're in business just to make friends, you might as well pack it up now. It needed to be done since iTunes is now currently the only truly global DRM-free music provider that I know of.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: mmntech

Originally posted by: Kaido
Wow. So much for the 'family man' image

If you're in business just to make friends, you might as well pack it up now. It needed to be done since iTunes is now currently the only truly global DRM-free music provider that I know of.

I don't disagree, but Steve Jobs was all "this is the first Christmas I've spent with my family in 10 years" because of his illness, and in reality he was spending his Christmas Eve making business deals. What a crock.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: mmntech

Originally posted by: Kaido
Wow. So much for the 'family man' image

If you're in business just to make friends, you might as well pack it up now. It needed to be done since iTunes is now currently the only truly global DRM-free music provider that I know of.

I don't disagree, but Steve Jobs was all "this is the first Christmas I've spent with my family in 10 years" because of his illness, and in reality he was spending his Christmas Eve making business deals. What a crock.

One can dream...


SJ: THIS IS NOW MY HOUSE YOU MU***********! YOU BITCHES BETTER KNEEL 10 SECONDS BEFORE I ASK.

***CANCER COUGH****

OH, AND IT ALL GOES OUT DRM FREE TOMORROW. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUAMS MY **** WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU WHEN YOU LEARN THE ERROR OF YOUR WAYS AND WANT TO TO CONVINCE ME NOT TO F*** YOU THE F*** UP YOU M**********!



ahhh....:heart:

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: mmntech

Originally posted by: Kaido
Wow. So much for the 'family man' image

If you're in business just to make friends, you might as well pack it up now. It needed to be done since iTunes is now currently the only truly global DRM-free music provider that I know of.

I don't disagree, but Steve Jobs was all "this is the first Christmas I've spent with my family in 10 years" because of his illness, and in reality he was spending his Christmas Eve making business deals. What a crock.

Unless his family is secretly his muscle and they truly did have a very Merry Christmas...

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: mmntech

Originally posted by: Kaido
Wow. So much for the 'family man' image

If you're in business just to make friends, you might as well pack it up now. It needed to be done since iTunes is now currently the only truly global DRM-free music provider that I know of.

I don't disagree, but Steve Jobs was all "this is the first Christmas I've spent with my family in 10 years" because of his illness, and in reality he was spending his Christmas Eve making business deals. What a crock.

Unless his family is secretly his muscle and they truly did have a very Merry Christmas...

LOL

 

[Eug]

Steve Jobs has always been a tyrant. No surprise there.

The ironic part is Steve Jobs at one point stated that he'd consider not releasing Pixar movies on hi-def optical media until the DRM on them was proven airtight.

http://www.macobserver.com/article/2004/06/15.13.shtml



Steve Jobs stirred controversy a few years ago with his "Rip, Mix, Burn" advertising campaign, which encouraged consumers to use their computers to copy music. But when it comes to the consumer's ability to copy future generations of the DVD movie format, Mr. Jobs is sending a very different message.

At a recent private meeting with Hollywood studio heads and tech czars like Microsoft Corp.'s Steve Ballmer and Hewlett-Packard Co.'s Carly Fiorina, Mr. Jobs argued that studios shouldn't license their movies for use in the planned "high-definition DVD" format until Hollywood is assured by the tech industry that the discs can't be copied by new DVD burners that will come along. High-definition DVDs are being developed as a successor to the current digital-video-disc format and are expected to be on the market by next year, along with high-definition DVD burners.

Mr. Jobs even suggested that high-definition DVD burners not be bundled with computers at all -- a scenario he said in an interview was "extreme" and one that "I hope we don't have to get to, but it helps to put the issue in perspective." He said it is up to the tech industry to prove to Hollywood that high-definition content can be adequately protected.