Incompetents R Us - iTunes

[wraithfodder]

In 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.

Comments

[anjak-j.livejournal.com]

Steve Jobs has stated that iTunes has no intention of pushing for a removal of Apple DRM from video files at present.

http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsID=17665#mainContent

[tipper-green.livejournal.com]

Yes. But that article made my point. The proprietary software isn't Apple's -- it's the movie industry's. Hence why the statement sounded backwards to me. Seems pretty clear that, unlike music, Apple's clout with TV and Movies is still too nascent. NBC has gone it's own way, because it can -- providing its own free downloads, but only watchable on NBC.com, and only for a limited time. Eventually, NBC says it'll offer episodes for purchase online, but I guarantee it won't be for $1.99, like iTunes and Amazon Unbox. So...again...it's not Apple. It's NBC. And it's the rest of the movie industry. Jobs is right--they work differently from music.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Idon't know much about proprietary software, but they do push proprietary hardware. iPhone is a big example, plus the bundled tiep-in with AT&T (shudder, they're a dreadful phone company, at least in my region).

The movie industry wants people not to burn illegal dvds and sell them on the street. What gets me is that you can go to ABC and watch "Ugly Betty", in its entirety, on their site, so why can't SciFi offer that on their site? It's weird how some networks freely give away some stuff, while others want you to pay for the air you breathe while switching channels ;)

[tipper-green.livejournal.com]

That's AT&T, not iPhone. They're the only ones who took the chance on the new gadget, so they need iPhone to be AT&T exclusively. It's a Catch 22. And I agree. I'm not going near the iPhone until I can carry Sprint on it. AT&T sucks. They're awful here too.

It would be nice for Scifi to do that. Funnily, they do that with Eureka. I don't know why they don't do it with the Stargates, though I can only assume its Universal's fault again.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Ah, but iPhone went along with it. Doesn't really matter as I have no desire to own an iPhone (which I think was featured rather prominently on CBS's MOONLIGHT by the way). But AT&T... man, they screwed up our billing so bad...

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?

[tipper-green.livejournal.com]

Ugh, I know. I feel the same way about not being able to watch Torchwood or Doctor Who over here, cause BBC does the same thing.

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!

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

If the entertainment industry actually followed what's going on out there in the world, they'd realize that die-hard fans will do whatever to get their stuff. So, the industry should learn from this and then capitalize off it, intead of going "this way is fine the way it is." Or, they try to buy it out.

[parisntripfan.livejournal.com]

True - but then the industry is not all that interested in the die-hard fans. They want the casual viewers - mostly because there are so many more of them then there are of us.