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Universal CEO calls iPod owners thieves
via Boing Boing
He may also have claimed their mothers have a peg leg with a kickstand, but that report is unsubstantiated.
As previously covered, Microsoft will be paying a charge for every Zune sold to Universal. In a statement sure to endear him to music lovers who own any MP3 player, Doug Morris said "These devices are just repositories for stolen music, and they all know it ... So it's time to get paid for it." Hell, he should just file a lawsuit on every iPod owner and get it over with.
Are you a legitimate purchaser of iTunes tracks? A person ripping your own CD's under whatever vestige of fair use law still exists? Clearly it's only a matter of time before you fall into felonious ways.
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When you say that Microsoft will be paying Universal a charge for each Zune sold, one could just as easily say that consumers will be paying a charge to Universal for the privilege of owning a Zune. Perhaps we can refer to this as a "Brown Tax"?
Joey Headset
What it means is I'm that much less likely to buy one of these things. I still feel kinda dirty for buying an Xbox 360, though Gears of War helps to cover over the guilt.
Eric Solomon
*makes jack off motion*
jamestown
Universal CEO is a very bad person if he accuses everyone with an iPod being a thief. I think there are a lot of people who are very apset with his statement. He must be a very arrogant person, I guess.Thank you for sharing this story with me !
Maria loves pictures
[...] That headline undoubtedly broke some rule of content communication, but sometimes a photo just leads naturally to a certain caption. If you don’t remember Doug, he’s the Chairman of Universal Music who said iPods were just “repositories for stolen music” and strong-armed Microsoft (Microsoft!) into paying a per-unit fee for every Zune sold, all five of them. [...]
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