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

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

TiVo will soon be the only way to burn TV shows to DVD. I was at a big box store not long ago and was looking for a DVR and they said all they had was TiVo as they were knocking everybody else out of the marekt, although I don't know if TiVo can burn DVDs...

Oh yes, it all really boils down to money. No argument there. I read that somebody (not iTunes/Apple) was going to release music that could be played on any device. Hadn't heard anything about Apple doing that.

But apparently SciFi (if JM's blog is right) isn't at fault for this fiasco. Well, if they keep it up, episode 3 will get released next week ;)

[tipper-green.livejournal.com]

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.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Yeah, trying to find an 'independent' DVR burner is a LOT harder than it was last year, and the guy at the store said "Tivo" was cornering the market.

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.

[tipper-green.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I guess I'm on the other side. I love my iPod, and would be lost without it. And if it has flaws, I have yet to find out what they are in the almost two years since I've had mine. Most everyone I know is the same. I think the only person I know who has ever had a problem, had it with the Shuffle. Apparently, those little things seize up.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

And when it seizes up, you... hit it with the defibrillator! ;)

[tipper-green.livejournal.com]

Going into v-fib! Quick! Get me some IV fluids! Wide open! And some Epinephrine! STAT!

I love that I never have any idea what all that means, but I put it into fics anyway! ROFL!

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

I used to watch EMERGENCY! (old NBC paramedic series) so got pretty good at the lingo ;)

[tipper-green.livejournal.com]

Aww! Me too! I've VHS tapes filled with them! God, I was so in love with Johnny Gage. I think I even wrote a Mary Sue about it when I was 12 or so. Sigh. Good times...long time ago...

I need to find those tapes.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

I dread to think if they remade that show now. Oh wait, they sort of have with ER. Paramedics punching people. Aieee! I got all three seasons of Emergency on DVD. Must rewatch 'em all.

[benbenberi.livejournal.com]

I think the reason TiVo is cornering the DVR market at the big box stores is that a very large % of people who use a DVR use a non-Tivo box that's supplied by their cable or satellite company for a negligible fee. The current generation of cable company boxes seem to have all the features an average user would need. The people who don't take the boxes offered by their provider are therefore mostly the people who are specifically looking for a Tivo.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Most likely.

[anjak-j.livejournal.com]

So, yeah, its Apple you need to thank for DRM free music.

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.