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NBC Universal Drops iTunes
An anonymous reader writes "NBC Universal has cancelled its iTunes contract and will withdraw the television shows it currently offers through the service in December, when the current contract expires. This is a huge blow for the service, as NBC is the controlling interest in Apple customer-friendly intellectual properties like The Office, Battlestar Galactica, My Name is Earl and Heroes. From the article: 'The decision to withdraw the content follows disagreements between the two firms. Apple is thought to have rejected NBC's demands for more restrictive DRM and the introduction of flexible pricing. Apple was informed of NBC Universal's decision late last night. The report states that neither Apple nor NBC Universal would comment on the matter, but said they continue to talk, "free of acrimony".'" Hey NBC: I have chosen not to have cable, but want to pay you for Heroes. Guess what my only alternative will be if you pull it from iTunes?
Please move along.......
music lover since 1969
Buying them legally from a store might also be another idea, novel as it may be.
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Maybe get out of the house and find a girlfriend.
Failing that, at least spend more time surfing for porn.
Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder.
Why make billions, when we can make..... millions?
Do you see what I did there?
Blar.
I will never buy another DVD, the DVD is one of the most annoying formats ever. At least with VHS I can fast forward past the boring warnings.
Hey, Apple, I'm in the UK and buying Heroes or BSG (assuming they were available on UKiTunes) as low-res, DRM-infested downloads would cost about the same as getting the shiny DVDs from Amazon - better quality (and only the DRM equivalent of a wet paper bag that is CSS).
If a series is worth paying money for, its worth waiting for the DVDs (and you'd probably want a whole season) so I don't really give a stuff.
Where iTunes might come in is if you have missed an episode but that doesn't really figure if you're not following it on broadcast anyway.
In a survey of 100 programmers, 111111 thought that duck-typing was a good idea.
Bill, early 1980s: "You're vulnerable, in spreadsheets, you know, Steve. We can help you. We have Multiplan running on dozens of different platforms. No one can match us. We have multi-tool interface. It can be redesigned for the Mac."
Steve, 2007: Numbers
"Apparently, NBC wants me to be so desperate to watch the shows that I would support their outright greed."
I'm judging you never watched the movie Wall Street... greed is good.
I scream. You scream. I assume that means we're both acquainted with the problem. We proceed.
I bought every season available of Heroes, Battlestar Galactica, The Office, and My Name is Earl on iTunes.
Well I for one am not a slave to my television.
Ummm....
Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?
Yes, obviously people pirating movies and TV shows dislike the product. That makes perfect sense.
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