"Mr. Jobs said the move to remove DRM on music was not a precursor to a similar step in the video market.<\/p>\n
‘The music and video markets are not parallel. The video industry does not deliver 90% of its content DRM-free.’"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Huh?\u00c2\u00a0 So DRM is fine as long as you presently don’t deliver all your content DRM free?\u00c2\u00a0 What if the industry suddenly stopped producing CDs, would DRM then be okay for music?<\/p>\n
And isn’t it funny that Mr. Jobs is the largest stockholder in Disney, which does have a successful recording operation, finally, but makes most of its money from films and associated visual programming\/licensing.\u00c2\u00a0 Mr. Jobs owns Pixar, which he sells to Disney, so suddenly films are different from music?\u00c2\u00a0 That’s illogical.\u00c2\u00a0 And, isn’t it interesting that so few movie studios have signed up with the iTunes Store…\u00c2\u00a0 If Mr. Jobs says DRM sucks for all intellectual property, then his business, which is not only the iTunes Store, but the hardware Apple TV, goes in the shitter.<\/p>\n
And why didn’t Mr. Jobs complain about the bit rate before?\u00c2\u00a0 Didn’t he extol the sound quality of 128 AACs?\u00c2\u00a0 Isn’t this like saying Hyundais are great, all the car you’ll ever need, but then driving a Mercedes and saying that this is what you really want?<\/p>\n
So, what I’m hearing is there should be two levels of quality for films.\u00c2\u00a0 The 35mm version and the 16mm version, with different prices for attendance at theatres exhibiting each.\u00c2\u00a0 Sure, they’ve come out with hi-def DVDs, but that’s a disaster area, because the original DVD is GOOD ENOUGH!\u00c2\u00a0 Is the 128 AAC good enough?\u00c2\u00a0 Especially if you’re listening to it on the shitty headphones provided by Apple with the iPod?\u00c2\u00a0 I’d say so.<\/p>\n
Mr. Jobs just added a whole bunch of confusion.\u00c2\u00a0 He just contradicted tenets he espoused for years.\u00c2\u00a0 And in case you think the legendary reality distortion field is not in play, here’s another quote from that BBC article:<\/p>\n
\n"He denied that the 99p cost for tracks without DRM constituted a price increase.<\/p>\n
‘We are adding another product, priced higher, with more features, higher sound quality and hassle free interoperability.<\/p>\n
‘It’s not a price increase.’"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
So you’re giving me less than I can get with the CD, but somehow I should be thrilled?\u00c2\u00a0 Sounds like used car salesman speak, doesn’t it?<\/p>\n
Is it that when you wade into Hollywood waters you inherently lose your credibility?\u00c2\u00a0 Isn’t this what we hate about today’s musical artists, that they’re now doing what’s expedient as opposed to what they feel in their hearts?\u00c2\u00a0 Isn’t this the real problem with music sales, not piracy, but the low overall quality?<\/p>\n
Eric Nicoli used to sell biscuits.\u00c2\u00a0 He’s just trying to turn water into wine.\u00c2\u00a0 He’s a businessman.\u00c2\u00a0 We were under the illusion that Steve Jobs was more than that, not a usual suspect.\u00c2\u00a0 Today we learned he’s just another self-interested prick doing what’s expedient.<\/p>\n
Shit, if he could get the labels to keep prices at a standard ninety nine cents for four years, couldn’t he fight EMI on this price increase?<\/p>\n
No, because he was worried about European governments, not DRM.\u00c2\u00a0 They were closing in on him, time was of the essence.\u00c2\u00a0 That’s the story here.<\/p>\n
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