Comments on: iPod owners all thieves? http://www.friday.com/bbum/2006/11/13/ipod-owners-all-thieves/ ...so google can organize my head. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:53:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jon H http://www.friday.com/bbum/2006/11/13/ipod-owners-all-thieves/#comment-44002 Jon H Thu, 23 Nov 2006 04:15:44 +0000 http://www.friday.com/bbum/2006/11/13/ipod-owners-all-thieves/#comment-44002 About that Universal deal with Microsoft, I have to wonder what other labels think about it. Are the others going to demand payment as well? If Microsoft won't cut similar deals with other labels, or tries to pay less per Zune, will the other labels cut Microsoft off? About that Universal deal with Microsoft, I have to wonder what other labels think about it.

Are the others going to demand payment as well? If Microsoft won’t cut similar deals with other labels, or tries to pay less per Zune, will the other labels cut Microsoft off?

]]> By: Christopher http://www.friday.com/bbum/2006/11/13/ipod-owners-all-thieves/#comment-42674 Christopher Fri, 17 Nov 2006 21:08:50 +0000 http://www.friday.com/bbum/2006/11/13/ipod-owners-all-thieves/#comment-42674 Hello, What do I have to do, to make an audiobook file appear on the audiobook folder on my iPod? I didn't get it how does it work. Is there a special extension for audiobooks, because I've tried to convert to ACC (tutorial on this forum) but it didn't work. Please, help me. Thanks Hello,
What do I have to do, to make an audiobook file appear on the audiobook folder on my iPod?
I didn't get it how does it work.
Is there a special extension for audiobooks, because I've tried to convert to ACC (tutorial on this forum) but it didn't work.
Please, help me.
Thanks

]]> By: Fascination Place » Blog Archive » Real. Zune. Now. http://www.friday.com/bbum/2006/11/13/ipod-owners-all-thieves/#comment-41556 Fascination Place » Blog Archive » Real. Zune. Now. Mon, 13 Nov 2006 21:44:22 +0000 http://www.friday.com/bbum/2006/11/13/ipod-owners-all-thieves/#comment-41556 [...] (Via b.bum, whose response is also worth reading.) [...] [...] (Via b.bum, whose response is also worth reading.) [...]

]]> By: Clark Cox http://www.friday.com/bbum/2006/11/13/ipod-owners-all-thieves/#comment-41546 Clark Cox Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:47:07 +0000 http://www.friday.com/bbum/2006/11/13/ipod-owners-all-thieves/#comment-41546 The more corrupt and amoral someone is, the more they expect others to be corrupt and amoral. As Ian Bicking pointed out, music industry execs are corrupt thieves, and therefore expect others to be likewise corrupted. One can see the same issue in politicians that are tough on crime/drugs/paedophilia/"insert heated issue here", that are themselves tempted by, at best, or partake in, at worst, the "dark side" of said issue. It all boils down to "The <em>[record exec]</em> doth protest too much, methinks." The more corrupt and amoral someone is, the more they expect others to be corrupt and amoral. As Ian Bicking pointed out, music industry execs are corrupt thieves, and therefore expect others to be likewise corrupted. One can see the same issue in politicians that are tough on crime/drugs/paedophilia/”insert heated issue here”, that are themselves tempted by, at best, or partake in, at worst, the “dark side” of said issue. It all boils down to “The [record exec] doth protest too much, methinks.”

]]> By: rentzsch http://www.friday.com/bbum/2006/11/13/ipod-owners-all-thieves/#comment-41539 rentzsch Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:14:21 +0000 http://www.friday.com/bbum/2006/11/13/ipod-owners-all-thieves/#comment-41539 A friend is thinking of "pirating" music he already owns on CD, just so he doesn't have to rip it himself. I say RIAA would still sue him if they caught him, because it's not about rationality -- it's about fear. A friend is thinking of “pirating” music he already owns on CD, just so he doesn’t have to rip it himself. I say RIAA would still sue him if they caught him, because it’s not about rationality — it’s about fear.

]]> By: Ian Bicking http://www.friday.com/bbum/2006/11/13/ipod-owners-all-thieves/#comment-41525 Ian Bicking Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:47:42 +0000 http://www.friday.com/bbum/2006/11/13/ipod-owners-all-thieves/#comment-41525 I think the record company execs see their customers as thieves, because they expect others to act the same way they do. This is an industry built largely around the manipulation of artists -- and not just big institutions that exclude smaller artists or whatnot, but actually stealing from artists through legal trickery and obscenely unfair contracts. Hell, I bet they'd have a hard time justifying their own copyright ownership for a substantial portion of things they claim to own. I think the record company execs see their customers as thieves, because they expect others to act the same way they do. This is an industry built largely around the manipulation of artists — and not just big institutions that exclude smaller artists or whatnot, but actually stealing from artists through legal trickery and obscenely unfair contracts. Hell, I bet they’d have a hard time justifying their own copyright ownership for a substantial portion of things they claim to own.

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