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Ballmer Says iPod Users are Thieves
A 'music thief' (apparently) writes "According to Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft: "The most common format of music on an iPod is 'stolen'."
He appears convinced Microsoft will lead the way in Digital Rights Management and also believes Microsoft will steal a march on Apple in making the digital home a reality because Apple "doesn't have the volumes".
"There is no way that you can get there with Apple. The critical mass has to come from the PC, or a next-generation video device," he said."
Most music (all music) on my iPod is not stolen. I just can't get at it. The battery went AWOL.
For problems, seek only the simplest solution, complexity brings with it more problems.
I can only assume Ballmer's got an MBA (too lazy to goog for it now) ... so I can then only assume that after 6 years of college, this man is unable to distinguish copyright infringement from actual theft.
[You have a stable society when some nut guns down a schoolyard and the law doesn't change.]
95% of my collection are MP3s which I either downloaded from Napster or copied from CDs borrowed from the library or friends/relatives.
jazz is filthy nigger music and sounds like crap
maybe in your 13-16 year old kiddie world.
everything traded on P@P networks is crap. Even if I wanted the song, it sucks as some dumbass kid ripped it wrong or usefricking Windows Media Player to rip it.
magnatune and iuma.org for REAL music. not that crap they trade on p2p sites.
Yes I called your precious bands No talent crap.
If they are RIAA artists then they are CRAP.
Yeah, he hangs out with the sensible people. I mean, come on. Is it really THAT big a deal if I (hmmm by 'I' I mean 'generic home user' obviously) install a pirate copy of XP, pirate copy of office, pirate copy of photoshop etc, etc? I know the code monkeys gotta eat but a slight drop in the rate at which gate's money mountain is growing? My heart bleeds. Companies will pay anyway 'cos they're afraid of the big, bad lawyers. Everybody's happy!
"Physics is to math as sex is to masturbation." -R. Feynman
Hah, no doubt! The vast majority of Linux users I've met and seen are Linux users because they're cheapskates.
Of course there are the "all information must be free!" people who refuse to use commercial software, but the vast majority of people who use Linux use it because it's cheap as hell. "I don't need to buy a DVD player, I can use deCSS and a free video player instead! Hey, let's mod my XBox to run Linux, then I can rent games from Blockbuster, copy them to the harddrive, and play them forever! Look how easy it is to pirate Windows programs using my pirated Crossover Office copy!"
Those types outnumber the "information must be free" types by at least 2:1 and probably closer to 4:1. Hate to say it, grandparent, but you're in the minority.
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Please explain why a piece of shit rapper or some worthless trash pop singer can become so fucking rich that he/she will never need to work anymore in his/her life?
Screw you. Go back to 1999, you astroturfing MS troll. Yes, some slashdotters don't forget.
Oooh... big man... if you can't fight the message, attack the messenger.
Take your ad hominem bullshit somewhere else, oh loserly one without the guts to post under your own name.
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