arstechnica.com— And so it begins. Universal Music Group exec Doug Morris told the Reuters Media Summit that his company is interested in receiving a cut of the profits from each iPod sold.
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In other news, MGM claims every TV manufacturer in the world owes them money on every television sold.In other other news, Universal owes me money on every album/single they have ever produced that I might have _potentially_ bought, but refunded the CD afterwards, because it sucked.Step 2: ...Step 3: Profit! $$$ !
No no. The levy is to somewhat compensate for the sharing they did not see you doing. They still sue you for the sharing they saw you doing, and this is obviously not covered by the levy, as the damage is $3000 per song. This is their line of reasoning.
Seriously. Where does this stop? How about hitting Maxtor and Western Digital for a cut too, since their hard drives can potentially be loaded with music.
wow. i hate microsoft even more everyday. thanks to them and the zune they are starting the downfall of digital music and players. i wouldn't be surprised if other labels started demanding a cut. i also wouldn't be surprises to see that cut they request increase. i hate the music industry and their greed. that is why most mainstream music is horrible. it's only about the money and not the music anymore.
It's not only having downloaded from iTunes and such, but people who have purchased CDs and (some of us) LPs and have ripped them to our iPods?Of course, the flip side is that if we were paying a "licensing fee" to Universal, that should mean that you can load *any* piece of music they have rights to onto your iPod. If paying $1USD allows me access to the entire Universal catalog, I'm for it! hehehehehettyl
"The Steve" wouldn't cave to such a deal. And he's rather spiteful, so he'd probably suspend Universal's music sales at the iTunes Store to let them suffer with no music sale profits from massive holiday iPod sales, while at the same time having no loss of revenue for the iTunes Store with the gain of the Beatles' catalog.
utallyNov 29, 2006
You've got to be kidding. What's wrong with the Music companies? Why don't they get it?
jellygraphNov 29, 2006
In other news, MGM claims every TV manufacturer in the world owes them money on every television sold.In other other news, Universal owes me money on every album/single they have ever produced that I might have _potentially_ bought, but refunded the CD afterwards, because it sucked.Step 2: ...Step 3: Profit! $$$ !
Closed AccountNov 29, 2006
No no. The levy is to somewhat compensate for the sharing they did not see you doing. They still sue you for the sharing they saw you doing, and this is obviously not covered by the levy, as the damage is $3000 per song. This is their line of reasoning.
jsullyNov 29, 2006
Seriously. Where does this stop? How about hitting Maxtor and Western Digital for a cut too, since their hard drives can potentially be loaded with music.
egarcia79Nov 29, 2006
wow. i hate microsoft even more everyday. thanks to them and the zune they are starting the downfall of digital music and players. i wouldn't be surprised if other labels started demanding a cut. i also wouldn't be surprises to see that cut they request increase. i hate the music industry and their greed. that is why most mainstream music is horrible. it's only about the money and not the music anymore.
farrelljNov 29, 2006
It's not only having downloaded from iTunes and such, but people who have purchased CDs and (some of us) LPs and have ripped them to our iPods?Of course, the flip side is that if we were paying a "licensing fee" to Universal, that should mean that you can load *any* piece of music they have rights to onto your iPod. If paying $1USD allows me access to the entire Universal catalog, I'm for it! hehehehehettyl
cquinndNov 29, 2006
No, because if that could be proven, it would put both MS and Universal up on charges before the DOJ and the SEC.
tomzer1Nov 29, 2006
"The Steve" wouldn't cave to such a deal. And he's rather spiteful, so he'd probably suspend Universal's music sales at the iTunes Store to let them suffer with no music sale profits from massive holiday iPod sales, while at the same time having no loss of revenue for the iTunes Store with the gain of the Beatles' catalog.
Closed AccountNov 30, 2006
Jeez, I hope so. Would be great if he told Morris to shove his demands up his own arse.