From the monthly archives:

August 2007

An Open Letter to NBC re: Leaving Apple’s iTunes Store

31 August 2007 Apple

Two years ago, the idea of paying $2 per episode for a TV show seemed almost crazy, thanks mostly to DVRs, VCRs and file-sharing networks. But the iTunes Store has changed that, and helped to popularize TV shows such as The Office, Battlestar Galactica, and Heroes in the process. Now NBC is threatening to pull [...]

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Apple responds: NBC wanted $4.99 per TV show episode!

31 August 2007

Tagged as: iTunes Store, NBC

Apple

Apple has responded to news that NBC will not renew its iTunes contract. In a shocker, NBC wanted an eye popping $4.99 per episode, which is up from the $1.99 price that over 50 cable networks have agreed to this fall. As a result, the iTunes Store will not offer any episodes from the upcoming [...]

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Cruel and unusual punishment

24 August 2007 Humor

A man convicted of illegally downloading an episode of Star Wars has been told that he can no longer use his computer with an Ubuntu Linux operating system.
Scott McCausland pleaded guilty last year to ‘conspiracy to commit copyright infringement’ and ‘criminal copyright infringement’ by downloading Star Wars: Episode III illegally.
He served five months in prison [...]

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The Real Fake Steve Jobs

6 August 2007 Apple

Sooner or later, it had to happen.  Yesterday, the identity of Fake Steve Jobs (FSJ) was revealed by a tenacious New York Times reporter.  Dan Lyons, Forbes.com senior editor is FSJ.   Give the FSJ blog a read–hilarious!

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