Incompetents R Us - iTunes
Sep. 30th, 2007 09:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wraithfodderIn the latest screwup with Stargate Atlantis (the first being 'screener copies' of "Adrift" and "Lifeline" getting leaked out), now iTunes (aieee!) released "Doppelganger" instead of "Adrift." While a number of fans got their hands on it, the vast majority can't see it (iTunes apparently yanked it after probably informed by MGM - I'd love to have heard that phone conversation, or email (all in caps, I'm sure). I can sure see why NBC doesn't want anything to with iTunes as heck, they'd probably release HEROES out of order! ;) NBC was sooo right to sever ties with iTunes as this could conceivably harm SGA ratings for this episode. I mean, why watch it if you've got it on download? Sigh.
So, now must avoid certain forumsthreads until October 19th as some folk give away too much even in what they consider to be 'vague' comments. Sigh.
So, now must avoid certain forumsthreads until October 19th as some folk give away too much even in what they consider to be 'vague' comments. Sigh.
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Date: 2007-10-01 03:23 am (UTC)I'm not that much into news on music downloads, but one guy at work gripes constantly about iPods due to their flaws - I have to find out which he buys and NOT buy it as he's had nothing but problems with in. Me, I'm still stuck in the buy music on CD era. Heck, I still have vinyl records. ;)
I do remember some big bruhaha over music CDs or something that downloaded software or anti-piracy stuff, a couple years back.
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Date: 2007-10-01 03:25 am (UTC)Yeah, I can watch EUREKA online but not SGA. So darned annoying. Probably Universal or MGM's doing. I mean, they even ban overseas fans from watching Comic-Con panel videos, which I think it absurd as hello, shouldn't they want to advertise/build an audience?
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Date: 2007-10-01 03:27 am (UTC)Not really. The reality of it is, record companies know they cannot turn the tide of illegal downloading while these restrictions are in place. How can they expect people to pay for something so heavily restricted when you can get something you can do what you like with for free?
If you want to thank something for DRM-free music, thank BitTorrent for it's continual existence forcing the industry's hand.
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Date: 2007-10-01 03:27 am (UTC)I think one I detest about any cellphone is how stupid it makes the user. Every day I'm dodging people on the highway yakking into cellphones and not paying attention to driving. Sigh...
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Date: 2007-10-01 03:32 am (UTC)Silly industry. I get the feeling that they're all of two minds about everything. There's the free-wheelers, who get that things like YouTube clips and Fanfiction and Comic-Con vids are free advertising and major word of mouth marketing, then you've got the other side, the penny pinchers, who only listen to their advertisers and can't think outside the box. I think there's a few more years to go before it all settles, though. I have no idea right now, who is going to win. Knowing Apple's track record with things, though...it'll probably be Microsoft. LOL!
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Date: 2007-10-01 03:33 am (UTC)If you update the firmware of the phone over the crack it will cause your phone to lock up apparently...
Yeah, despite that being illegal here, you still see it way too often.
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Date: 2007-10-01 03:34 am (UTC)I love that I never have any idea what all that means, but I put it into fics anyway! ROFL!
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Date: 2007-10-01 03:44 am (UTC)I have a Creative Zen Vision now, which to be honest, has way more handy features, like the ability to take advantage of the PictBridge technology in digital cameras so you can move your pics directly from the camera to the player. Handy for a photographer if you have run out of space on your memory card.
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Date: 2007-10-01 03:48 am (UTC)I must say even if I did see it thru itunes I would steel tune in,just because, even though I don't have a rating box whatever the name of it is.
Am I a bad person for trying to find that episode online, or just a fan with little to none self control =(
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Date: 2007-10-01 03:53 am (UTC)I need to find those tapes.
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Date: 2007-10-01 03:55 am (UTC)I have heard its an awesome episode, and I WANT TO SEE IT NOW!!!!
How childish am I?
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Date: 2007-10-01 04:12 am (UTC)I watch shows for the characters, not for the special effects, so I'm thinking this is definitely where SGA and I part company..
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