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#376 2007-10-07 6:34 pm
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Re: Amazon's MP3 Downloads
D'Eyncourt wrote:
That Microsoft caved in with the Zune doesn't make it right [...]
Oh jeez. Caved in? Can you guys express anything without blatant hyperbole?
Try telling me how its not fair?
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#377 2007-10-07 6:35 pm
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Re: Amazon's MP3 Downloads
iThinkIam wrote:
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I'm done with this topic unless someone makes a valid point or has a legitimate question I feel is worth answering.
Nice. "If I don't reply, then your question is unworthy of my attention." Or did you not mean that?
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#378 2007-10-07 6:42 pm
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Re: Amazon's MP3 Downloads
iThinkIam wrote:
D'Eyncourt wrote:
That Microsoft caved in with the Zune doesn't make it right [...]
Oh jeez. Caved in? Can you guys express anything without blatant hyperbole?
Try telling me how its not fair?
When the entertainment industry came to the computer industry insisting that the inclusion of CD recorders (and later DVD recorders) in computers meant that they should pay fees to the entertainment industry, the computer industry collectively turned its back on that. So, yes, I will characterize MS' action to be caving in--MS is looking to the short-term benefits of giving this concession without the backing of the rest of the computer industry.
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#379 2007-10-07 7:32 pm
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Re: Amazon's MP3 Downloads
iThinkIam wrote:
Czachorski wrote:
iThinkIam wrote:
i really don't care if everyone or only a few people agree with me, its just my opinion. I'm a tad surprised at the reactions though, which border on over reactions imho.
Whatever.
If I wasn't a bit of an Apple fanboi myself I would not have the opinion that Apple should "act differently."If you really don't care that most people would disagree with you, then why do you keep attempting to hang the mainstream view in here as it being caused by "fanboy" status?
You mean when I said...
LATER FANBOIS
at the end of a post!? Again, another blatant over reaction. I really think you people need to chill out a little. I don't have time to respond to these tomes you keep typing, and I am not going to repeat or clarify myself again.
My point is clear, and even EVOL M$ and the Zune also seem to think its a fair conception and business model.
I'm done with this topic unless someone makes a valid point or has a legitimate question I feel is worth answering.
Nice baiting, hence proving you are a Troll. Bating: the last throws of someone who has clearly failed to make a good point.
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#380 2007-10-07 7:43 pm
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So, we either have DRM and Apple can keep it's money, but if DRM is removed, then Apple and every other maker of portable music players must pay? Actually, it's customers who must pay. Again, if you do this, you're going to be punishing a lot of people who have done nothing wrong. Not to mention that it's one way or the other. Either you get your money from the player/media sales and look the other way when people trade songs, or you sell the songs and go after people who copy/trade them. You can't have it both ways. You can't punish people twice for the same crime.
Apple is a business. Record companies are businesses. They exist to "provide value to their shareholders", which is a nicer way of saying "make money". They aren't non-profits. They aren't charities. They don't share profits out of the goodness of their heart, but when it's in their best interest to do so. They stated from the beginning that the music store was a tool to sell more iPods. Apple doesn't make a lot of money from the iTunes Store. They were completely honest about this. However, not everyone uses the iTS to get music. Most people rip their CDs instead - something the music industry is fine with.
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#381 2007-10-07 8:40 pm
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MissMarlay wrote:
I think it's quite iRonic that, on a discussion about Apple, some would criticise major record labels as if they were greedy corporations.
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#382 2007-10-07 11:57 pm
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Re: Amazon's MP3 Downloads
This hasn't been going anywhere for several pages.
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#383 2007-10-08 12:41 am
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And that isn't irony, people!
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#384 2007-10-08 2:32 am
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iThinkIam wrote:
I really think you people need to chill out a little.
No, it really is you that needs to chill out.
I don't have time to respond to these tomes you keep typing, and I am not going to repeat or clarify myself again.
If you don't intend to respond to people's reactions to your posts, stay out of the discussion.
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