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Apple Plans to Purchase Universal Music

Posted by pudge on from the ringo-might-be-displeased dept.

mrbiiggy writes "Apparently Apple has been plotting to purchase Universal Music for $6 billion, reports Spiegel Online (read the Google translation). Who knew Apple even had that kind of cash? (The L.A. Times is also reporting this, free reg required.)"

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  1. It also offers Apple a way to step on MS' face by Frothy+Walrus · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...and clamor back into the desktop market. What if, all of a sudden, the killer app for digital music fans were Mac-only?

  2. Re:Slogan Change... by Billly+Gates · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    " If the Universal execs gain the upper hand in the merger/takeover:

    Rip... Mix... Burn... Sue...

    If Apple execs gain the upper hand in the merger/takeover:

    Buy... Rip... Mix... Burn..."

    More like ....if the Universal execs gain the upper hand in the merger/takeover:

    Rip...Mix..Burn...Sue

    If apple execs gain the upper hand in the merger/takeover:

    Buy..Rip...Mix..Burn ....investors threaten to sue Apple or fire Steve jobs...err...Implement drm....implement pay structure to burn cd's...linux can't boot due to drm

    Very Very bad in a lose/lose situation.

    Remember that Sony wanted to make a IPOD clone that was technically supperior. The entertainment division sued the electronics division and contacted shareholders to kill it.

    I predict a new drm crippled ipod and spyware in macosx.

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  3. Re:WHO KNEW?!?! by Mulletproof · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    How many times has MS bailed Apple out? can you say two? not that would have any effect on their current finacial situation... Nahhhhhh...

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