Ooh, really? Tivo's getting that strong? That's not good. I kinda thought, with OnDemand, Tivo might be suffering. Maybe it's just the smaller ones, like ReplayTV that's suffering, eh?
Also, I should have mentioned, I'm so with you on the spoilers. The fact that Doppleganger has been leaked is *horrible*. Of course, I know from a friend that he watched the premieres of everything in advance, so it's not just SGA that's suffering from this. It's really awful for the smaller shows like ours.
Oh, and as for DRM free music, that *was* Apple that did it. Last February, Steve Jobs told the Big Four they needed to sell their downloaded music DRM free (since CDs are). In April, EMI agreed to do it, through iTunes, and it was a huge deal. The news came down at the same time the TV and Movie industry cracked down on You Tube, so it was a strange dichotomy. Then, in July, Universal decided to sell its music DRM free (that's probably what you just read), but through its own site -- So you can see that Apple and Universal have been not geting along for a while. Some even speculate that it's the pressure from Jobs due to the music that riled up Universal so much that it decided to swing back with the TV show thing. BMG and Sony, meanwhile, are still in talks to go DRM free, but it's pretty sure that they'll follow in EMI's footsteps, because the money is just too good. And, of course, once the music is DRM free that you get from iTunes, you can play it on anything and anywhere. So, yeah, its Apple you need to thank for DRM free music.
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Date: 2007-10-01 03:16 am (UTC)Also, I should have mentioned, I'm so with you on the spoilers. The fact that Doppleganger has been leaked is *horrible*. Of course, I know from a friend that he watched the premieres of everything in advance, so it's not just SGA that's suffering from this. It's really awful for the smaller shows like ours.
Oh, and as for DRM free music, that *was* Apple that did it. Last February, Steve Jobs told the Big Four they needed to sell their downloaded music DRM free (since CDs are). In April, EMI agreed to do it, through iTunes, and it was a huge deal. The news came down at the same time the TV and Movie industry cracked down on You Tube, so it was a strange dichotomy. Then, in July, Universal decided to sell its music DRM free (that's probably what you just read), but through its own site -- So you can see that Apple and Universal have been not geting along for a while. Some even speculate that it's the pressure from Jobs due to the music that riled up Universal so much that it decided to swing back with the TV show thing. BMG and Sony, meanwhile, are still in talks to go DRM free, but it's pretty sure that they'll follow in EMI's footsteps, because the money is just too good. And, of course, once the music is DRM free that you get from iTunes, you can play it on anything and anywhere. So, yeah, its Apple you need to thank for DRM free music.