__/ [ John Bailo ] on Tuesday 16 January 2007 05:17 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> | Here's the situation: Microsoft has agreed to pay a portion of
>> | the profits from the sales of the Zune to a record company
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>
> 10 percent of zero is still zero.
First this:
A Legitimate Reason to Hate the Zune (And Microsoft Too)
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| Here's the situation: Microsoft has agreed to pay a portion of
| the profits from the sales of the Zune to a record company
| (Universal) because the Zune will undoubtedly be used to
| store unpurchased songs.
|
| [...]
|
| Here it is important to remember a few simple things. The
| money goes to the Universal, not to the artists.
|
| [...]
|
| Microsoft's move sets a bad precedent and turns all consumers into
| thieves without evidence.
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http://www.applematters.com/index.php/section/comments/a-legitimate-reason-to-hate-the-zune-and-microsoft-too/
And then the inevitable:
Universal to seek money for each iPod sold
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| "It would be a nice idea. We have a negotiation coming up not too
| far. I don't see why we wouldn't do that... but maybe not in the
| same way," Morris said. His "same way" comment is a reference tot
| he Zune, which Universal already gets $1 from after signing a deal
| with Microsoft.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061128-8309.html
A convenient precedence set by a frightened convincted monopolist. Micorosft
empowers criminologists.
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