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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. So.... by West+Palm+Beach · · Score: 0, Troll

    That explains the reent "Rip, Mix, Burn" ads we've been seeing. Makes perfect sense now.

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  2. WHO KNEW?!?! by Mulletproof · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Who knew Apple even had that kind of cash?"

    Yeah, those Microsoft bail-outs are a wonderful thing, aren't they? I can here the troll mods even now. Truth hurts, huh?

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  3. Re:Eh? by zingbot · · Score: 0, Troll

    Where is it reported that the main consumers for Apple's "overpriced and underpowered" product line are mainly women and gays?

    And how do you think it would affect the purchase of Universal Music?

  4. Re:What's your plan, big guy? by quintessent · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yuck. Low quality music that you have to pay for forever, and the selection is so-so. Whatever makes you happy, I guess.

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  5. Rigged prices? Welcome to the free market economy. by beaverfever · · Score: 0, Troll
    Please, don't act like the cost of CDs is a big scandal - this wasn't news in 1988, it's not news now. Besides, this ongoing boo-hoo session about the entertainment industry being greedy beyond all remorse and burning in hell etc., etc. is really getting boring. They're not selling air, water or salt - it is entertainment and you don't NEED it. If you insist that you do, then you are a sucker who has fallen for the hype of the advertising machine and should either give your head a shake or just seal your mouth.

    Really, who is more greedy? The entertainment industry for charging what most people are obviously willing to pay for a product (free market economy, etc.) or the people who insist on pirating copyrighted material, acting as if there is some basic human right being infringed upon because they can't afford, or are unwilling to pay for, the latest (and coolest, if that is a quantifiable value, which it surely is, in the entertainment industry) entertainment.

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