Nice to see Mr Jobs hasn’t lost his touch. I’m happy to report that the SOBs who run the major record companies got their sorry asses kicked by Steve and agreed to continue their incredibly lucrative deals with the iTunes Music Store. It’s absolutely disgusting the way these pricks complain about what is probably the most profitable part of their business. (But between the record companies and the movies studios, it’s always been hard to decide which is the most obscenely greedy.*) (more…)
Archive for the ‘Editorials’ Category
Steve Kicks Ass and Takes Names
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006Where Do I Buy the Drugs These Guys Take?
Monday, April 3rd, 2006
The insanity in the movie business continues. Today a group of movie studios announced that they would sell you a downloadable version of some movies, with heavy DRM applied, for twenty to thirty bucks a pop. What are these guys smoking!? (more…)
Boycott Message Spreads Down Under
Thursday, March 9th, 2006Today the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age in Australia both ran an article about the forthcoming high definition DVDs and covered my call for a boycott. Have a look: Battlelines Drawn Over Next Gen DVDs.
Thanks to those generous Aussies who visited the site and donated a few dollars to keep the boycott ad campaign going!
Ruminations…I Like That
Wednesday, March 1st, 2006
When I was looking at AW Stats this morning, I noticed that my little editorial about Apple’s announcements (below) had gotten quite a bit of exposure overnight. Clicking around to see what others had to say, I found myself feeling some regret for what I had written.
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