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Apple Plans to Purchase Universal Music
mrbiiggy writes "Apparently Apple has been plotting to purchase Universal Music for $6 billion, reports Spiegel Online (read the Google translation). Who knew Apple even had that kind of cash? (The L.A. Times is also reporting this, free reg required.)"
Could this be a step towards one record lable that won't be total asses about copyright and ripping your songs to mp3 format?
;)
well, that or suddenly all Universal CD's will come out looking way better than every other CD on the market, but only have songs a few years old.
So will Apple Computer have to pay off Apple Records again?
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round six billion dollar wants to pay jobs for universal, reports the "Los Angeles Times" with reference to anonymous sources.
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Their accountants, I'd assume.
Apple's new slogan will be "Rip, Mix, Burn.. Except anything by Universal Music."
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Maybe Vivendi will throw Blizzard in for free
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But I like Apple and don't like Universal, won't this simply create a contradiction in the universe that will require the universe to implode and be replaced by a more confusing one?
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"Who knew Apple even had that kind of cash?"
They don't, they are taking a loan from M$.
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P.S. Yes. I am joking.
"ribs, mix, burn" (from the goolge translation) - isn't that Apple's new slogan for it's chain of restaurants ?
1995 get bought by Seagrams, the liquor company.
;-)
2000 get bought by Vivendi, nee Compagnie Générale des Eaux, the water company
2003 get bought by Apple, the vapour company
???? profit?
1) Apple announces iTools account holders immediately gain access to 5 Universal songs per month. Access to more will require a nominal fee.
2) With the release of their fifth film, Pixar announces their deal with Disney has been fulfilled and they have formed a new alliance with Apple as the distributor for future releases. Soundtracks will be available on Universal Records.
3) In a surprise move, Dell acquires Apple Records, only to discover afterwards that the entire Beatles catalog is owned by Michael Jackson. Begins ad campaign with interns explaining why Wings was better.
4) Bill Gates announces new behind-the-ear implant that will allow streaming music directly into a persons brain. Sharp-eyed consumers discover Terms-Of-Service includes clause allowing device to record thoughts that immediately become his property.
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MacOS X is already arguably light years behind Linux as a desktop OS??? Even GNU/Linux zealots like me would say you have that backwards.
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I think Steve Jobs already Kazaa'd all of their songs to his iBook and decided it was easier to buy the company than it would be to deal with a lawsuit brought by the RIAA.
And you are arguably light years behind on your psychiatric medication.
I use Linux on the desktop at work and OSX at home. Other than supporting a better web browser (Galeon), Linux is a pale shadow of OSX in every single way when it comes to usability and GUI integration.
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I think it's safe to assume he meant, "MacOS X is already arguably light years beyond Linux as a desktop OS...".
Heh. Modded down in under 5 minutes. That's gotta be a new record.
Scully... y'know, he takes a beating often for Apple's past blunders/arrogance, and sometimes rightly so... but he had a few really good ideas of his own. I just think he lacked the laserlike focus Jobs has.
The whole Knowledge Navigator video sort of summed it up I think... great ideas, but if you go watch it today you just laugh your ass off, because what they show in terms of intelligent assitants and speech recognition are still a long, long way off.
Back OT,
you mentioned:
Pixar = movies, Universal = Music, iPod = Hardware, OS X = OS .... looks like the picture is pretty much complete....
I don't know about that, Pixar is not involved in any official way yet. Another poster mentioned that Jobs has been saying for years that he wants Apple to be more like Sony; no one really thought he means a split electronics giant/entertainment division.
I wonder, if Jobs has been sitting there in his Gulfstream, looking at Sony's assets, thinking "They've got everything! There's the music.. there's the gear... but they've done this DRM thing... which everyone hates... No! Noooo! That's not right. Bozos! If they'd just... just move the... fuckit, I'm calling Universal."
(I know Universal actually called him but you see my point hopefully.)
He's gonna try and turn the entire music industry on its ear. And he will cackle with glee while he does it.
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Now that part of Apple is part of the RIAA, could this make Apple evil? Or will it make them schizophrenic like Sony?
Had a funny thought while reading your post...
Can you imagine some of these snakeoil DRM-system companies trying to approach Apple?
INT. DAYTIME -- CUPERTINO OFFICE
DRM SALES GUY
Hey, we have an unbreakable digital rights amangement system! It's 100% effective. You need to protect your... why are you looking at me like that?
APPLE GUY
Do you even know who we are?
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So, will Apple support Ogg?
Actually I don't really care, I don't have any Apple products. I'm just trying to recover from a karma dip from my "MS really isn't that bad!" thread a couple of days ago.
Then it would go nowhere.
Nah... He`ll licence to èm, or sell a player. Macintosh is Blaupunkt -- Winders is Realistic. Linux is the custom kit with Denon studio turntables, and a separate component for everything.
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This is Big. Very big. Changing the way the world does business big.
Hopefully not big in the same way that AOL buying Time Warner was...
Here's a free clue - if it has "Vegas" in the title, it's not high-end...
Actually, no, dumbass.
And I quote from a bottle of Heinz: "Tomato concentrate made from red ripe tomatoes, distilled vinegar, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, salt, spice, onion powder, natural flavoring".
Ever seen tomato paste or tomato sauce? Tomatoes ARE RED. Maybe you should go hug some tomato vines instead of trees.
funny, I didn't think stocks were traded on the weekend.
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