Apple to Aquire Universal
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Rumours are abound that Apple are about to bid for Universal. No official news stories as yet but a whois[^] on appleuniversal.com gives some interesting info. One very good reason for Apple owning a major is that Microsoft will not get the chance to dominate digital rights management for music/films/everything with WM9, as is clearly their wish. This will save quicktime from being an irrelevance in the DRM world. As an aisde, there are rumours that in response Microsoft are trying to form a strategic alliance with Sony (Sony downloads through msn this week) although this might prove difficult because of PS2/XBox. And if anyone asks, you didn't hear it from me. :-D Cheers James
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Rumours are abound that Apple are about to bid for Universal. No official news stories as yet but a whois[^] on appleuniversal.com gives some interesting info. One very good reason for Apple owning a major is that Microsoft will not get the chance to dominate digital rights management for music/films/everything with WM9, as is clearly their wish. This will save quicktime from being an irrelevance in the DRM world. As an aisde, there are rumours that in response Microsoft are trying to form a strategic alliance with Sony (Sony downloads through msn this week) although this might prove difficult because of PS2/XBox. And if anyone asks, you didn't hear it from me. :-D Cheers James
Old story, eh? Not reading The Register?
Off to in ~56 days
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Old story, eh? Not reading The Register?
Off to in ~56 days
Andreas Saurwein wrote: Not reading The Register? :-O Apparently not. Cheers James
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Andreas Saurwein wrote: Not reading The Register? :-O Apparently not. Cheers James
http://www.theregister.co.uk/[^] They even have a nice RSS feed which you can use in Awasu. Taka will be glad to give you the link to the latest version :)
Off to in ~56 days
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Rumours are abound that Apple are about to bid for Universal. No official news stories as yet but a whois[^] on appleuniversal.com gives some interesting info. One very good reason for Apple owning a major is that Microsoft will not get the chance to dominate digital rights management for music/films/everything with WM9, as is clearly their wish. This will save quicktime from being an irrelevance in the DRM world. As an aisde, there are rumours that in response Microsoft are trying to form a strategic alliance with Sony (Sony downloads through msn this week) although this might prove difficult because of PS2/XBox. And if anyone asks, you didn't hear it from me. :-D Cheers James
I double Apple with go through with a purchase and that the stockholders would approve. Among many other suitors, Microsoft looked at Universal Music several months ago and decided it was the loser it is. (Why else do you think Vivendi is dumping it, because it's profitable?)
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Rumours are abound that Apple are about to bid for Universal. No official news stories as yet but a whois[^] on appleuniversal.com gives some interesting info. One very good reason for Apple owning a major is that Microsoft will not get the chance to dominate digital rights management for music/films/everything with WM9, as is clearly their wish. This will save quicktime from being an irrelevance in the DRM world. As an aisde, there are rumours that in response Microsoft are trying to form a strategic alliance with Sony (Sony downloads through msn this week) although this might prove difficult because of PS2/XBox. And if anyone asks, you didn't hear it from me. :-D Cheers James
I am with Joe, hope Apple does not go through with it, don't need the dying breed that is a music company holding them down.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaMacbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er Shog9: Paul "The human happy pill" Watson
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Rumours are abound that Apple are about to bid for Universal. No official news stories as yet but a whois[^] on appleuniversal.com gives some interesting info. One very good reason for Apple owning a major is that Microsoft will not get the chance to dominate digital rights management for music/films/everything with WM9, as is clearly their wish. This will save quicktime from being an irrelevance in the DRM world. As an aisde, there are rumours that in response Microsoft are trying to form a strategic alliance with Sony (Sony downloads through msn this week) although this might prove difficult because of PS2/XBox. And if anyone asks, you didn't hear it from me. :-D Cheers James
James Spibey wrote: although this might prove difficult because of PS2/XBox If there is money to be made by shaking hands with clenched teeth those are the two corporations I'd expect to pull it off. :~
David Wulff
"i said no to noddy like 20 times but in the end i just couldnt say no to him anymore" - Wishful Thinking