Exec: Apple must address piracy before NBC returns to iTunes

Iria · Apr 17, 2008, 09:03 PM

NBC says it wants to be able to put its TV content back on the iTunes Store, but still has a few reservations—one of which could hold the network back from joining iTunes forever. NBC would still like to be able to bump up prices—something that Apple has been stubborn about in the past, but has shown it's open to negotiation over when it comes to movie licensing. NBC would also like Apple to tighten up its DRM, however, in such a way that would block NBC's content from being transferred onto iPods.
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Source: Ars Technica

BlueMak · Apr 17, 2008, 11:55 PM

(I don't have an ipod or itunes)

Why stop there NBC? Why not ask Apple to not even allow you to watch the movie/series you just paid for, that way no one will pirate it.

Apr 17, 2008, 09:03 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Exec: Apple must address piracy before NBC returns to iTunes NBC says it wants to be able to put its TV content back on the iTunes Store, but still has a few reservations—one of which could hold the network back from joining iTunes forever. NBC would still like to be able to bump up prices—something that Apple has been stubborn about in the past, but has shown it's open to negotiation over when it comes to movie licensing. NBC would also like Apple to tighten up its DRM, however, in such a way that would block NBC's content from being transferred onto iPods. _________ Source: Ars Technica

Apr 17, 2008, 11:55 PM	#2
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,481 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	(I don't have an ipod or itunes) Why stop there NBC? Why not ask Apple to not even allow you to watch the movie/series you just paid for, that way no one will pirate it. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*