Comments on: iTunes / iPod: the Anti-Competitive Duo http://saunderslog.com/2008/01/22/itunes-ipod-the-anti-competitive-duo/ A daily round table on the tech industry with experts and callers from all over the globe. Join us as we pick apart the news and get to the meat of what\'s happening out there. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:12:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Alec http://saunderslog.com/2008/01/22/itunes-ipod-the-anti-competitive-duo/comment-page-1/#comment-543397 Alec Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:01:01 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2008/01/22/itunes-ipod-the-anti-competitive-duo/#comment-543397 You're crossing wires Dad. Apple sued Microsoft for copyright infringement, arguing that Microsoft had misappropriated their look and feel. In the end, Microsoft won the case as all of Apple's claims were thrown out. Moreover, Apple really didn't have much of a leg to stand on since their UI was in actual fact a copy of an earlier UI with mouse and Windows that came from the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. In this particular instance, Apple is forcing publishers to publish music in a format compatible with iTunes. I don't particularly object to that. However, I do object to being forced to purchase and use Apple products in order to reach my audience simply because my audience chooses to listen on Apple products. Apple DOESN'T FORCE THE MUSIC INDUSTRY TO DO THIS. You don't have to be an iTunes subscriber to publish a song on iTunes. It's only podcasters that have to jump through these hoops. You’re crossing wires Dad. Apple sued Microsoft for copyright infringement, arguing that Microsoft had misappropriated their look and feel. In the end, Microsoft won the case as all of Apple’s claims were thrown out. Moreover, Apple really didn’t have much of a leg to stand on since their UI was in actual fact a copy of an earlier UI with mouse and Windows that came from the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center.

In this particular instance, Apple is forcing publishers to publish music in a format compatible with iTunes. I don’t particularly object to that. However, I do object to being forced to purchase and use Apple products in order to reach my audience simply because my audience chooses to listen on Apple products. Apple DOESN’T FORCE THE MUSIC INDUSTRY TO DO THIS. You don’t have to be an iTunes subscriber to publish a song on iTunes. It’s only podcasters that have to jump through these hoops.

]]> By: MGU http://saunderslog.com/2008/01/22/itunes-ipod-the-anti-competitive-duo/comment-page-1/#comment-543372 MGU Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:45:17 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2008/01/22/itunes-ipod-the-anti-competitive-duo/#comment-543372 This sort of thing is standard, I think. Did not Apple, the real inventor of Windows, try to prevent Microsoft from getting hold of it? And did not Microsoft try to reduce the saleability of other company's software through its dominant operating system? Dad This sort of thing is standard, I think. Did not Apple, the real inventor of Windows, try to prevent Microsoft from getting hold of it? And did not Microsoft try to reduce the saleability of other company’s software through its dominant operating system?

Dad

]]> By: Alec http://saunderslog.com/2008/01/22/itunes-ipod-the-anti-competitive-duo/comment-page-1/#comment-542287 Alec Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:19:36 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2008/01/22/itunes-ipod-the-anti-competitive-duo/#comment-542287 I jumped through the hoops, and now I await approval from the Apple gods... I jumped through the hoops, and now I await approval from the Apple gods…

]]> By: Geoff http://saunderslog.com/2008/01/22/itunes-ipod-the-anti-competitive-duo/comment-page-1/#comment-542278 Geoff Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:11:43 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2008/01/22/itunes-ipod-the-anti-competitive-duo/#comment-542278 Anti-competitive, artificial...yep, seems like an average day at Apple. So did you elect not to jump the Apple hoops? I was unable to find a "SquawkBox" podcast on the iTunes store. Anti-competitive, artificial…yep, seems like an average day at Apple.

So did you elect not to jump the Apple hoops? I was unable to find a “SquawkBox” podcast on the iTunes store.

]]> By: Alec http://saunderslog.com/2008/01/22/itunes-ipod-the-anti-competitive-duo/comment-page-1/#comment-541246 Alec Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:32:40 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2008/01/22/itunes-ipod-the-anti-competitive-duo/#comment-541246 Thanks for the tip. I'll definitely check it out! Thanks for the tip. I’ll definitely check it out!

]]> By: Jonathan Greene http://saunderslog.com/2008/01/22/itunes-ipod-the-anti-competitive-duo/comment-page-1/#comment-541226 Jonathan Greene Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:16:21 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2008/01/22/itunes-ipod-the-anti-competitive-duo/#comment-541226 If you are so inclined you can actually sync with iTunes using Nokia's Mutimedia Transfer application - http://europe.nokia.com/A4423134 I prefer to do over the air myself, but this works nicely if you do end up downloading things from your computer first. If you are so inclined you can actually sync with iTunes using Nokia’s Mutimedia Transfer application – http://europe.nokia.com/A4423134

I prefer to do over the air myself, but this works nicely if you do end up downloading things from your computer first.

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