Mark Kent wrote:
> begin oe_protect.scr
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> > Microsoft Universal deal sure to be challenged
> >
> > ,----[ Quote ]
> >| It looks to us like this payment might be construed as an abuse of
> >| dominant position, and might get challenged, certainly in countries
> >| in Europe. You cannot be in a dominant position and ask for money
> >| for something that doesn't involve the sale of your product. If
> >| Universal tries this with Apple, Steve Jobs would, we are sure,
> >| have no qualms in cutting it out of a huge amount of existing
> >| music revenue.
> > `----
> >
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/16/ms_universal_zune_deal/
>
> Microsoft don't much care about the law, though, do they? They'll
> ignore it anyway, like they always do, and push on the US government to
> try to protect them as they break laws elsewhere.
>
> >
> > Context:
> >
> > A Legitimate Reason to Hate the Zune (And Microsoft Too)
> >
> > ,----[ Quote ]
> >| Here's the situation: Microsoft has agreed to pay a portion of
> >| the profits from the sales of the Zune to a record company
> >| (Universal) because the Zune will undoubtedly be used to
> >| store unpurchased songs.
> >|
> >| [...]
> >|
> >| Here it is important to remember a few simple things. The
> >| money goes to the Universal, not to the artists.
> >|
> >| [...]
> >|
> >| Microsoft's move sets a bad precedent and turns all consumers into
> >| thieves without evidence.
> > `----
> >
> > http://www.applematters.com/index.php/section/comments/a-legitimate-reason-to-hate-the-zune-and-microsoft-too/
> >
> >
> > Red Hot Chili Peppers, QOTSA, T.I. Rock For Zune
> >
> > ,----[ Quote ]
> >| "These devices are just repositories for stolen music, and they all
> >| know it," UMG chairman/CEO Doug Morris says. "So it's time to
> >| get paid for it."
> > `----
> >
> > http://billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003380831
>
>
> --
> | Mark Kent -- mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk |
> Be sure to evaluate the bird-hand/bush ratio.
Mark Kunt is a lienux fag whos shilling for his boyfriend Roy
Schestowitz. He makes a me too reply to every one of Roys posts so that
Roy-boi collects an extra nickel by the FUD compay that pays him to
post his crap here.
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