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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?
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?
Um, buy it from somewhere other than iTunes? I didn't see NBC announcing they won't be selling shows anymore.
I see this as a HUGE win. I DESPISE the Windows client for iTunes. It is utter crap on the order of the Quicktime client (not as bad as that, but then, nothing is as bad as that). Apple us totally and completely incompetent when it comes to Windows programming.
Sometimes it's best to just let stupid people be stupid.
Your only choice is to steal it, in your little mind. Ever think that your "only choice" is to steal it, watch it @ a friend's house, get cable, or not watch it at all? NAH! Steal it.
You could stop watching the show. It's not an entitlement.
More importantly it's not very good.
The Farewell Tour II
It needs to be free of any DRM of any sort. I should be able to save it for my viewing when I want. I should be able to recode it into any other format I want so I can play it on my homemade portable player. Also in my car. Or save it to a DVD to give to a friend. I should be able to share it on the internet via p2p services with no consequences.
The player they provide must be compatible with even the most obscure web browser running on the most obscure OS. I pentuple boot BeOS, Debian, Solaris, Windows (for gaming only), and True 64. Also sometimes I run Plan 9 on a computer I salvaged from a trash dumpster. I need the TV show to be viewable on all those platforms. Also in Lynx and NCSA Mosaic.
I do not want to look at ads while I watch. Their servers cannot maintain any logs of my visit. They should not use any of the data generated during my visit to their site for marketing purposes. I do not want to click through any agreements or any other licenses at any time. They must copyleft or CC or release into the public domain the entire contents of their entire web site including all photos, videos, and text. I do not want to have to use Flash or Java or Javascript or ActiveX during my visit.
As soon as they meet my demands, and there may be more added at any time, I will watch their television show.
Dude, take a breath of air! Don't choke on Zonk's COCK.
I wasn't aware it was possible to choke on things that small.
MSNBC what does the MS stand for? Micro$oft. It is quite obvious why M$NBC is getting out of it's contract with Apple isn't it. M$ teamed up with microsoft for anything isn't this a conflict of interest? The M$ part of M$NBC obviously would want to sell the M$NBC shows for it's own player the Zune! Hello!