The entire argument loses all credibility for me. The only company that is uniformly and consistantly guilty of failing to meet their stated goals is Microsoft. Witness the Zune. What a joke. This writer is acting as if Apple and Microsoft were on the same playing field, in the same league. They are not. When was the last time that Steve Jobs and Apple failed to deliver on their promises? When was the last time they not only delivered everything as promised, but also included even more than promised? Who here thinks that the iPhone will not only meeet its expectations but will no doubt have many additions come this June? Bank on it.
Apple's use of the DRM was the first acceptable way to get the ball rolling with the artists and their labels. Everything else before that amounted to piracy and ripping off the musicians. This entire discussion seems to be about people's "right" to get something for nothing. As to contracts and licensing, try reading the fine print on each and every CD you buy. It states in no uncertain terms that it is a federal offense to duplicate etc. etc. etc. When you buy the CD you have entered into a legal contract. And you didn't have to sign a damned thing! It's very much like when you park your car in a pay lot... read the back of the ticket. Go to a baseball game, read the fine print on your ticket. The act of buying the ticket enters you into a binding agreement to not sue anyone if you get hit in the friggin' head by a foul ball or whatever. As to monopolies... 'fer christsake! 96 percent of the computer world is licwnsed and owned by Microsoft, not Apple! Where's the outrage! Where are the cries for free Windows? If people are too friggin' lazy to do the work to use the obvious work around with their iTunes music, screw 'em. As to Apple supporting GWB (or any of the Bush's)... Bwahahahahaha! That's just plain silly. Please go to any of the numerous political web sites that show corporate (and personal) donations to political parties. Rant off.
Christ, Jobs could announce that from now on every single Mac would ship with a free Natalie Portman clone, and you people would be complaining that it was a disappiontment because the rumors sites said it would ship with two free Natalie Portman clones, each holding ice creame sundaes!
Forget the ice cream! And two Natalies aren't necessary, one will do nicely! When can I place an order? Booyay!
Yeah, okay, whatever. I guess I stand corrected, my degrees in journalism from William James College and Northwestern have obviously failed me... and the twenty three years spent working as a broadcast journalist have been a complete waste. All this time I've been operating under the assumption that the purpose of a headline is to encapsulate the crux of the article and to further intrigue the reader into additional interest in the story. Damn, my bad for being so mistaken.
By the way, FWIW, the root of the word "fallacious" lays in deception and guile... to my knowledge, only Fox News still adheres to this... and it's not restricted to their headlines.
Oh and one more thing... regarding the "inference..." er, how can there be a reason (as in The Real Reason Behind iTMS Tiered Pricing) for something (pricing) that doesn't exist?
Peace, calmseas & Thanksgiving... out.
Well since you've decided to get nasty, fine. I did read the friggin article and the friggin summary... there's not a single word in there that would justify a completely misleading headline like: "The Real Reason Behind iTMS Tiered Pricing" That statement implies that there is already tiered pricing at iTMS and there isn't! So give it a figgin break and concentrate on something you actually have a clue on. "The Real Reason Behind the Push for Tiered Pricing at iTMS" more appropriately and truthfully describes the contents of the actual posted article. Now go play with people your own age.
Huh? Sorry, but I've been out of the military far too long and am not current on the many new acronyms... can only reply WTF! to your RTFA & RTFS references. Forgive me if I've omehow sinned. Yikes.
I see Slashdot has gone the way of the mainstream media... using untrue headlines to attract readers. Shame on you. I just left the ITMS and guess what? No tiered pricing! Same old 99 cent per song cost. So why not just give it a break and wait to see what Steve Jobs has up his sleeve. He's been pretty friggin' acccurate so far which is more than can be said for just about evereyopne else that's trying to cash in on the music/video markets! He's at least had the cajones to take the record companies head on. Everyone that believes the major labels are obsolete and exist solely to rip off the artists should be getting in line to support Apple and the ITMS in what is surely going to be a major fight.
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The entire argument loses all credibility for me. The only company that is uniformly and consistantly guilty of failing to meet their stated goals is Microsoft. Witness the Zune. What a joke. This writer is acting as if Apple and Microsoft were on the same playing field, in the same league. They are not. When was the last time that Steve Jobs and Apple failed to deliver on their promises? When was the last time they not only delivered everything as promised, but also included even more than promised? Who here thinks that the iPhone will not only meeet its expectations but will no doubt have many additions come this June? Bank on it.
Apple's use of the DRM was the first acceptable way to get the ball rolling with the artists and their labels. Everything else before that amounted to piracy and ripping off the musicians. This entire discussion seems to be about people's "right" to get something for nothing. As to contracts and licensing, try reading the fine print on each and every CD you buy. It states in no uncertain terms that it is a federal offense to duplicate etc. etc. etc. When you buy the CD you have entered into a legal contract. And you didn't have to sign a damned thing! It's very much like when you park your car in a pay lot... read the back of the ticket. Go to a baseball game, read the fine print on your ticket. The act of buying the ticket enters you into a binding agreement to not sue anyone if you get hit in the friggin' head by a foul ball or whatever. As to monopolies... 'fer christsake! 96 percent of the computer world is licwnsed and owned by Microsoft, not Apple! Where's the outrage! Where are the cries for free Windows? If people are too friggin' lazy to do the work to use the obvious work around with their iTunes music, screw 'em. As to Apple supporting GWB (or any of the Bush's)... Bwahahahahaha! That's just plain silly. Please go to any of the numerous political web sites that show corporate (and personal) donations to political parties. Rant off.
Yeah, okay, whatever. I guess I stand corrected, my degrees in journalism from William James College and Northwestern have obviously failed me... and the twenty three years spent working as a broadcast journalist have been a complete waste. All this time I've been operating under the assumption that the purpose of a headline is to encapsulate the crux of the article and to further intrigue the reader into additional interest in the story. Damn, my bad for being so mistaken. By the way, FWIW, the root of the word "fallacious" lays in deception and guile... to my knowledge, only Fox News still adheres to this... and it's not restricted to their headlines. Oh and one more thing... regarding the "inference..." er, how can there be a reason (as in The Real Reason Behind iTMS Tiered Pricing) for something (pricing) that doesn't exist? Peace, calmseas & Thanksgiving... out.
Well since you've decided to get nasty, fine. I did read the friggin article and the friggin summary... there's not a single word in there that would justify a completely misleading headline like: "The Real Reason Behind iTMS Tiered Pricing" That statement implies that there is already tiered pricing at iTMS and there isn't! So give it a figgin break and concentrate on something you actually have a clue on. "The Real Reason Behind the Push for Tiered Pricing at iTMS" more appropriately and truthfully describes the contents of the actual posted article. Now go play with people your own age.
Huh? Sorry, but I've been out of the military far too long and am not current on the many new acronyms... can only reply WTF! to your RTFA & RTFS references. Forgive me if I've omehow sinned. Yikes.
I see Slashdot has gone the way of the mainstream media... using untrue headlines to attract readers. Shame on you. I just left the ITMS and guess what? No tiered pricing! Same old 99 cent per song cost. So why not just give it a break and wait to see what Steve Jobs has up his sleeve. He's been pretty friggin' acccurate so far which is more than can be said for just about evereyopne else that's trying to cash in on the music/video markets! He's at least had the cajones to take the record companies head on. Everyone that believes the major labels are obsolete and exist solely to rip off the artists should be getting in line to support Apple and the ITMS in what is surely going to be a major fight.
Dude, I'm pretty sure Wal-Mart's hiring. And I've heard China is a pretty cool place to do business.