Universal CEO Tough on Licensing Deals
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| Last fall, Morris threatened not to license Universal music to Microsoft
| just days before it was scheduled to launch its own online music store
| and its Zune digital music player. In response, the software company
| coughed up a royalty of just over a dollar for every Zune sold and paid
| a licensing fee for the right to sell Universal music.
|
| Microsoft extended the same terms to other labels, a move that led
| Edgar Bronfman Jr., chairman and CEO of Warner Music Group, to tell
| Wall Street analysts that it took a strong stand by the industry
| leader to make the deal happen.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070115/universal_music_ceo.html?.v=1
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Music industry meeting could change the Zune
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| Bryan Lee, corporate vice present for Microsoft's entertainment
| business, told me today that the meeting was set up as part of the
| deal struck between Microsoft and music business honchos, who are
| always wary of piracy... The meeting was supposed to take place "some
| time after the holidays," he said. It also talks about the future
| of the zune.
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http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/archives/2007/01/music_industry_meeting_could_change_the_zune.html
http://tinyurl.com/y7z5wl
Microsoft may pay Zune tax twice
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| Microsoft's private deal with Universal Music to pay the record
| label a voluntary royalty of $1 for every Zune player it sells
| has raised eyebrows across both the technology and music
| industries. But it might not be the last payment Redmond owes
| from Zune, we've discovered.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/14/microsoft_zune_royalties/
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 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/
The Longest Suicide Note in History
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| On the same podcast Gutmann scotched suggestions Microsoft were held
| to ransom by Hollywood;
|
| [...]
|
| The genie's out of the bottle before the operating system has even
| been released! But that doesn't mean Vista users in particular - and
| the computer community at large - won't end up paying for Microsoft's
| DRM folly. At the risk of repeating myself repeating myself, yet
| another reason to move to Linux.
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http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/tux-love/2007/01/the_longest_suicide_note_in_hi.html
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