iPod Owners Not Thieves

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Posted by Zonk on Friday January 13, 2006 @09:29AM from the we-always-knew-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Remember last year when Microsoft head Steve Ballmer said iPod owners were music thieves and their iPods were full of stolen music? It turns out they're actually less likely to download music using filesharing software than owners of other MP3 players. A lot less likely." From the article: "A survey of US and UK music buyers reveals that although 25 per cent of people admit to downloading music from file-sharing services, only seven per cent of iPod owners do so. Proving that iPod users are either scrupulously honest or more paranoid they'll get sued by RIAA than owners of lesser music players."

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Big news? by rjung2k · 2006-01-13 09:31 · Score: 5, Funny

So Steve Ballmer is an idiot. This is news?

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1. Re:Big news? by Anonymous Coward · 2006-01-13 09:44 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  No, I am not an idiot!
  The article proves that the iPod owners are not only music thieves but also hypocrites!
  
  Anonymous Balmer.
2. Re:Big news? by dbIII · 2006-01-13 11:30 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  So Steve Ballmer is an idiot. This is news?
  I think we should listen to Steve on this one - he's got the chair.
iPod wrapper says "Don't Steal Music" by billstewart · 2006-01-13 09:32 · Score: 2, Funny

I just received an iPod (because my employer prefers to reward performance with consumer electronics as opposed to actual cash, but whatever :-) Once you get past the outer packaging, the iPod's wrapped in a plastic layer that says "Don't Steal Music" in several languages, so I've been warned. Now if I could just get the battery to charge correctly :-)
also, this might be a first post...

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1. Re:iPod wrapper says "Don't Steal Music" by FidelCatsro · 2006-01-13 09:35 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I noticed that , so I said to my iPod "I promise I wont steal music , I will copyright infringe it instead"
  
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Good News by 2names · 2006-01-13 09:33 · Score: 5, Funny

Dear RIAA,
For the record, I own an iPod, so you can put me on the "Do Not Sue" list.
Sincerely,
Me

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1. Re:Good News by Savage-Rabbit · 2006-01-13 10:25 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Dear Me,
  
  While we cannot remove you from our "Will Sue" list (We sue everybody on principle) we are however pleased to inform you that we have recalled the team of ex-deltaforce commandos we contracted to assassinate you a week ago.
  
  In the hope this E-Mail finds you still alive, sincerely,
  
  RIAA
  
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2. Re:Good News by nitehawk214 · 2006-01-13 12:44 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Dear RIAA,
  
  I am sorry to inform you that we have already performed your orders and have assasinated 2names. Sorry, but with the sheer number of contracts you have put out we need to move quickly to get all 100 million file sharers in the US.
  
  Sincerely,
  
  Ex-deltaforce assasination team
  
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Or.... by irw · 2006-01-13 09:34 · Score: 4, Funny

Third option - iPod owners are liars

*ducks*
My god, polite suggestions WORK! by TomorrowPlusX · 2006-01-13 09:34 · Score: 1, Funny

It's the sticker in the packaging that you see when you open it up: "Please don't steal music". Who'd have thought people would pay attention?

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My guess by Cro+Magnon · 2006-01-13 09:37 · Score: 5, Funny

If you have an iPod, it's safer to get songs legally. If you play songs on a PC, it's safer to download questionable content from known criminals than it is to insert a legal Sony CD.

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Not Music Theives by TheOtherAgentM · 2006-01-13 09:38 · Score: 1, Funny

Although I do like to take my iPod with USB cord and walk into a computer store, plug into the display Macs, and get some free programs.
not thieves? by revery · 2006-01-13 09:38 · Score: 5, Funny

iPod Owners Not Thieves

Well then, maybe someone would like to explain to me why my iPod is engraved with the following:

To my dearest Helen, I'm sorry I gave you the clap, Gerald
1. Re:not thieves? by nightsweat · 2006-01-13 10:39 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  That's not theft, that's a gift. The gift of gonorrhea.
  
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2. Re:not thieves? by Anonymous Coward · 2006-01-13 12:09 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Helen!?!? Please let me come home now...
  
  Gerald
I thought iPod was the lesser player... by SoCalChris · 2006-01-13 09:39 · Score: 5, Funny

Not to mention that ipod has no wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.
1. Re:I thought iPod was the lesser player... by Photar · 2006-01-13 11:43 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  You're already plugging your music player in to recharge it anyway.
  Why not just plug into a dock that charges and syncs your music at the same time?
  
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2. Re:I thought iPod was the lesser player... by level_headed_midwest · 2006-01-13 13:58 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Lame ain't an Apple product. Heck, Lame ain't even an MP3 encoder...
  
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Re:Could be that iPod owners have more... by Thwomp · 2006-01-13 09:52 · Score: 2, Funny

No that can't be right. Don't you mean that they had a lot of disposable income, right up until they bought the ipod? ;-)
Re:Proving that... by Anonymous Coward · 2006-01-13 09:59 · Score: 1, Funny

P2P? Pfft. Who needs p2p when there's use...

(shhh!)
Re:Convenience by ToasterofDOOM · 2006-01-13 10:00 · Score: 3, Funny

I buy ITMS music and you're totally right. Pirated music always has something wrong, and generally has inferior sound quality. Plus, when it's as accessable, cheap, and easy as iTunes, why go through the trouble of hunting a song down on a p2p network?

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OR by TubeSteak · 2006-01-13 10:38 · Score: 2, Funny

You seem to be forgetting that there's the possibility that iPod owners are going over to their friends and saying "load me up with your MP3 collection"

I have to fight my friends off with pointy sticks because they keep asking me to drag my mid-tower over to their house so they can have at my MP3s.

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NEWS FLASH! by CODiNE · 2006-01-13 10:39 · Score: 5, Funny

BMW owners found less likely to siphon gas than Ford owners.

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In other news, by commodoresloat · 2006-01-13 11:10 · Score: 4, Funny

Steve Ballmer is also bald. Film at 11.
Re:MOD PARENT UP by Cal+Paterson · 2006-01-13 11:19 · Score: 2, Funny

Newsflash: A remote control does not make radio suck less.
Re:I disagree with the conclusions. by geekoid · 2006-01-13 12:44 · Score: 2, Funny

" I can't tell the difference anyway..."

what you need is monster cables. Monster cables with gold plated plugs.

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