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Universal Wants a Slice of Apple's iPod Pie

Posted by samzenpus on from the pay-to-play dept.

vought writes "According to a Reuters report, Universal is now taking the precendent set by Microsoft's Zune and moving to force Apple to include a royalty payment with each iPod. In the words of Universal Music's Doug Morris, 'These devices are just repositories for stolen music, and they all know it. So it's time to get paid for it.' Does Microsoft's precedent mean the start of a slippery slope that will add a 'pirate tax' to every piece of hardware that touches digital music?"

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  1. ah the french by minus_273 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    leave it to a french owned company to do something stupid.

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  2. Re:Class Action Lawsuit! by pandrijeczko · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    He just called us all thieves without proof.

    You blindly hand over good money for a lower quality, DRM-ed product - and then wonder why the music companies are trying to screw you even more???

    I'd say that makes you *idiots* without proof...

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