Comments on: Universal Music Group Hates Your Evil Non-Zune MP3 Player

By: Bryce

Bryce — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:14:22 +0000

But Zune will win on the strength of its HOT girl-on-girl installation error screens. http://static.flickr.com/103/294929001_b67b0b5225.jpg

By: Jawbreaker

Jawbreaker — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:50:23 +0000

We’ll have to see just how “successful” they are passing it along to the consumer.

By: timstepford

timstepford — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:52:26 +0000

So, essentially anyone who purchases a Zune is paying a “stolen music fee” tacked on by UMG. That’s awesome to assume that every customer is criminal, jack up the price, and then pass that cost onto the consumer. Brilliant!

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:31:48 +0000

All those millions of songs legally purchased via the iTunes music store are stolen too, I guess. And the songs encoded from legally purchased CDs as well.
Then again, according to the RIAA’s interpretation of Fair Use, there is none. If you purchase a CD, they believe you have no right to re-encode it to put in a digital player.
What a load of horseshit.

There’s a reason why people are abandoning the major labels and mainstream music in general. It’s the rampant greed on the part of the media companies. If an industry sues their target consumers, why would they be surprised if said consumers turn their backs on their product?
Morons. Utter, total morons.