Apple sued over supposed iTunes monopoly, being mean to Microsoft
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The_Devil_Himself
die blizzard die! D3?
me said:
They are all feathers of the same bird.They all hate each other and their ultimate motto is $$$,customers are least of their concern.
And tell me who are the ultimate sufferers?iPod owners can't play wma\wmv(wma sucks anyway!),Zune can't play m4a.There is playforsure,apple store,zune marketplace each having different drm schemes.
MetalheadGautham
AFK
we hate not only apple drm, but also windows drm
aryayush
Aspiring Novelist
This is one of the stupidest suits ever and one of the funniest headlines I've ever read. Apple "being mean to Microsoft"? So Apple is the big kid now and is bullying puny little Microsoft? Ha! Ha! I guess it's pay back time! 
On topic and a more serious note though, doesn't anyone see the sheer stupidity of this suit? iPods do not play Microsoft's Windows Media format. So what's next, OS X does not write to NTFS partitions? iChat does not support the MSN Messenger protocol?
Apple employs the most unrestrictive DRM scheme in the industry and has made it clear time and again that they are all for the abolition of DRM if the music labels are willing to participate. It is because of Apple that you have Amazon selling DRM free songs from all the record labels today. Guess what, every single song they sell plays spectacularly well on iPods. When every other company was afraid to do so, Apple made the move and then others followed. The whole industry gets benefited and Apple gets spurned by the back-stabbing music labels and greedy little attorneys like Stacie Somers.
It's a fair and just world out there.
On topic and a more serious note though, doesn't anyone see the sheer stupidity of this suit? iPods do not play Microsoft's Windows Media format. So what's next, OS X does not write to NTFS partitions? iChat does not support the MSN Messenger protocol?
Apple employs the most unrestrictive DRM scheme in the industry and has made it clear time and again that they are all for the abolition of DRM if the music labels are willing to participate. It is because of Apple that you have Amazon selling DRM free songs from all the record labels today. Guess what, every single song they sell plays spectacularly well on iPods. When every other company was afraid to do so, Apple made the move and then others followed. The whole industry gets benefited and Apple gets spurned by the back-stabbing music labels and greedy little attorneys like Stacie Somers.
It's a fair and just world out there.
krazzy
Techtree Reviewer
I don't get it. Why should Apple support Microsoft's format? Aren't they supposed to be rivals? So why would they include a rival companies format in their music player? And most people don't even care about WMA so why would Apple bother to include it? I just don't get it. Don't these people have jobs or something to do instead of sueing everyone?
aryayush
Aspiring Novelist
At least someone here is not crazy.
Exactly. Only people who are completely clueless about technology, music, codecs and formats would ever use Windows media formats or any other proprietary formats, for that matter. Either them, or those who have statues of Bill Gates and (God forbid!) Steve Ballmer plastered all over their house.krazyfrog. said:
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gxsaurav
You gave been GXified
The_Devil_Himself said:
Zune can play M4A
aryayush said:
The lawsuit is about Apple crippling the Smasung/PortalPlayer chip capability of playing WMA files & restricting the user.
Lolz...songs bought from iTunes can be played only on Apple iPod. iPod can play songs bought from iTunes only. You cannot copy songs back from iPod to computer. You are forced to use a software to use iPod unlike Creative Zen which works on any OS. U call this "unrestrictive"
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infra_red_dude
Wire muncher!
Monopolist vs. Monopolist.. Interesting...
aryayush
Aspiring Novelist
Windows media is Microsoft's proprietary format. For any software/hardware to have the ability to play it, the parent company has to pay Microsoft a huge recurring yearly licensing fee. Why, oh why, would Apple go out of its way to support a clearly inferior format owned by its competitor that does not even have a respectable share in the market? Does Microsoft's Windows Media player and Zune play AIFF files? No, they don't. Heck, Zunes don't even play Microsoft's own "PlaysForSure" DRMed music. Ha! The irony.gx_saurav said:
Wrong. DRM free songs bought from the iTunes Store can be played on any player in the world. DRMed songs from any store in the world can only be played on their specific partner devices. This whole system is controlled by the music labels. How does Apple get the blame!gx_saurav said:
Besides, Apple's lenient DRM copy protection allows you to easily burn the protected content onto physical media, thus freeing it from the shackles of DRM and allowing it to be played any way the user wishes to.
Complete and absolute bullshit.gx_saurav said:
Damn! I really didn't want to have to change my signature but you forced me to.
Let us put some facts and statistics here. The last time Apple announced the figures, they'd sold around 100 million iPods and 2 billion songs on the iTunes Store. So, according to you, the average iPod only has about twenty songs? And Indians buy iPod and put a picture of Lord Shiva on it and worship it day and night, because we don't have the iTunes Store here?
Do you ever think before uttering pure gibberish? I know it is difficult for you but try and practice doing some thinking. Trust me, it goes a long way towards not making you look stupid.
Wrong again, of course. You can do so. I did it three days ago.gx_saurav said:
You are forced to use the software because it makes the whole experience painless and easy. Believe it or not, people buy iPods because of the rock solid and trustworthy integration with iTunes. And believe it or not, no one cares about your opinion on the matter.gx_saurav said:
Just when the scars inflicted by your ridiculous posts and blatant lies start to heal, you have to go ahead and open your mouth yet again. Shame!
sourav123
Thinking Different
My personal advice. Don't go for iPod or Zune. Go for a third party music player like Creative ZEN or SanDisk Sansa. In many cases, these players are much superior in terms of quality and features, but only because they don't have an Apple or Microsoft behind them, many people will not agree with me.
cooldudie3
Boom Boom Boom
This is one of the stupidest suits ever and one of the funniest headlines I've ever read. Apple "being mean to Microsoft"? So Apple is the big kid now and is bullying puny little Microsoft? Ha! Ha! I guess it's pay back time!
On topic and a more serious note though, doesn't anyone see the sheer stupidity of this suit? iPods do not play Microsoft's Windows Media format. So what's next, OS X does not write to NTFS partitions? iChat does not support the MSN Messenger protocol?
nice... I mean like microsoft is not doing something... There's more to go...
Voldy
The Dark lord
Hehehe now the sides have been switched the Policy forcer so called "Microsoft" now made abused by Apple .
The one thing i was to say is WMA sucks just like microsoft's propducts like Vista and DRM integration ,their monoploy policies to gain the profit frm other companies .
I think the attorney who filled these lawsuit may a mental problem .... besides this case these attorney might need some treatment frm a psychiatrist
The one thing i was to say is WMA sucks just like microsoft's propducts like Vista and DRM integration ,their monoploy policies to gain the profit frm other companies .
I think the attorney who filled these lawsuit may a mental problem .... besides this case these attorney might need some treatment frm a psychiatrist
LoRdKsHiTiJ
Hardware Enthusiast
Don't bash everything about Microsoft. It only makes YOU look like you could use a psychiatrist's help.
Vista is as rocksolid as XP can never be. And windows 7 is even better.
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