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Steve Jobs and the State of Legal Music Downloads
An anonymous reader writes "Rolling Stone has published an interview with Steve Jobs about the current state of the music industry. He is a smart man, that guy. 'When we first went to talk to these record companies -- about eighteen months ago -- we said, "None of this technology that you're talking about's gonna work. We have Ph.D.s here who know the stuff cold, and we don't believe it's possible to protect digital content."'"
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a liking for little boys
Sigh. Either you're a troll or you don't understand the difference between revisions and forks. Either way your comment is irrelevant.
I followed your guide, but when I tried to remove the frog, its leg just ripped off. So now I have a dead greased frog with one leg in my ass. I don't feel confident in my sexual power.
Obviously this is offtopic; but I see it as at least marginally worth responding to. What you have to keep in mind is that Apple's revenue is DRIVEN by hardware. They aren't making money on ITMS. But it sells a shitload of iPods. And having visited the Apple Store recently after a series of iBook problems (Dead Firewire port, fucked up battery), I can attest that there are plenty of Windows monkeys who buy iPods and then end up buying Macs just to make their iPods easier to use.
The fundamental problem with licensing the OS is the same problem that was introduced by former CEO Michael Spindler - allowing clones eroded Apple's market share significantly. Sure, more people could use Macs. But less money would go into Apple - it's a losing proposition for them.
As much as I hate the idea, being a huge lover of OS-X, I don't think we'll be seeing OS-X on x86 anytime soon. While iTunes for Windows makes sense because it sells iPods, OS-X for x86 would eliminate Apple's largest profit base - the hardware necessary to run it.
> Smart guys. If you can play it, you can copy it.
And it took Apple's _PhD's_ to figure this out. Hilarious.
Picture of his dumper??? that teh good part!
Yeah, fashion's a bitch.
Thank god I'm a geek.
-Valiss
YOU pansy ASS mother FUCK steve jobs CAN KISS my black eye whole. MY pimp had wants to smack your face and your shitty computer systems you DICK.
Eat it - Eat it good!
But there in lies the problem with subscription services, you don't own this music, you loose the music when you are away from the internet, you can't download it to a player. Futhermore, ff you don't have broadband it must take a long time to get that 1 gig cache, which means you spend a significant amount of time twiddling your thumbs waiting for your music to begin playing. Plus, if Rhapsody fails you're doomed. Basically, this is a renters solution.
Anyone who whines about being modded down should be.