http://www.tonybove.com/blog/?p=7 My view of the future of iTunes, iPod, iPhone, and personal tech Sun, 21 Oct 2007 13:38:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 http://www.tonybove.com/blog/?p=7#comment-107 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:07:21 +0000 http://www.tonybove.com/blog/?p=7#comment-107 [...] Indeed, everyone wins and especially Apple as it retains its control over the online music market. As I wrote before (see “Splendid Time is Guaranteed For All“), the online music industry will change dramatically for the better when the Beatles started selling their songs online, through iTunes — which is undoubtedly the direction Apple Corps (the Beatles label) is heading (see “Apple and Apple Give Peace a Chance“). I also noted before (see “Let It Be… Naked (Without DRM)“) that stripping DRM from songs removes the barrier to freely using the music you own on different players. The connection was not so obvious until Apple made its first non-DRM deal, with EMI, the record label that controls a vast quantity of classic rock from the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, and yes, the Beatles (by distributing for Apple Corps). [...] […] Indeed, everyone wins and especially Apple as it retains its control over the online music market. As I wrote before (see “Splendid Time is Guaranteed For All“), the online music industry will change dramatically for the better when the Beatles started selling their songs online, through iTunes — which is undoubtedly the direction Apple Corps (the Beatles label) is heading (see “Apple and Apple Give Peace a Chance“). I also noted before (see “Let It Be… Naked (Without DRM)“) that stripping DRM from songs removes the barrier to freely using the music you own on different players. The connection was not so obvious until Apple made its first non-DRM deal, with EMI, the record label that controls a vast quantity of classic rock from the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, and yes, the Beatles (by distributing for Apple Corps). […]

]]> http://www.tonybove.com/blog/?p=7#comment-6 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:03:48 +0000 http://www.tonybove.com/blog/?p=7#comment-6 [...] You should be able to find Beatles songs here, there, and everywhere — Aspinall told Friedman that Apple Corps plans to offer the Beatles catalog on all services, not just iTunes. Rumors have swirled for weeks, since the Apple-Apple settlement, that the Beatles would debut on iTunes on Valentine’s Day (tomorrow as I write this). It has also been reported, as a rumor, that Apple Corps, the label that owns Beatles recordings, gets a share of iTunes/iPod sales as a result of the settlement. [...] […] You should be able to find Beatles songs here, there, and everywhere — Aspinall told Friedman that Apple Corps plans to offer the Beatles catalog on all services, not just iTunes. Rumors have swirled for weeks, since the Apple-Apple settlement, that the Beatles would debut on iTunes on Valentine’s Day (tomorrow as I write this). It has also been reported, as a rumor, that Apple Corps, the label that owns Beatles recordings, gets a share of iTunes/iPod sales as a result of the settlement. […]

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