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Apple's Pandora-Killer Delayed Over Song Licensing Negotiations
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The rate may be poor for the musician, but the question is why should Apple pay a higher rate than any of the other streaming services? That hardly seems fair or acceptable, as far as Apple is concerned.
Sure they can but they have not being doing that as of late.
Well, one thing is for certain, Apple doesn't do major updates until they feel the time is right. Their timetable, and yours, may not coincide. I believe Tim Cook has already said that the pro line will be addressed next year.
Of course I do. But your assertion of "every article" is a little silly even as hyperbole, simply just from looking at our site.
That's fine if they want to do this. I just wish they can focus on more important things like "computers" for professionals.
I certainly wouldn't mind that.
On a similar note, I find it annoying when people blame MR for the lack of Mac news. Blame Apple for not updating the Macs! If there's news, it'll be posted.
Well, while I am fine of them taking their time to get it right. The MacPro and ACD line that I was originally referring to has been without a significant upgrade for years.
My only consolation is an email Tim sent I think at the beginning of the year stating that the pro line still alive. So we can only hope this baby will finally come to life sometime soon.
I love spotify too, it would be hard for apple to come up with anything better unless they brought the "back" button back
OT: Yes, and i hope they'll bring back 24" and 30" 16:10 variants with matte as an option one day...
I certainly understand the frustration, but considering the pro line is a much smaller part of Apple sales these days, it naturally won't be the highest priority. You can't really expect a company to devote as much time to a product line that appeals to a much smaller market.
Not expecting devotion. I know Apple's bread and butter now is iOS and the iToys.
The thing is the desktop professional line is abandoned. Only portables have seem serious updates. But again, I am still hopeful something might come up in the next 12 months that might finally make us happy.
Pandora? Why not use last.fm All based on prefrence though and I just prefer a survice like last.fm that actualy offers international music in anon botched form, and also works with listeners to imrpove.
All based on prefrence though and I just prefer a survice like last.fm that actualy offers international music in anon botched form, and also works with listeners to imrpove.
Do you think Apple agrees with a little bit is better than nothing when it comes to their IP?
If Apple was in the process of negotiating fees for streaming music, it sounds like they were developing an on-demand service like Spotify.
The DMCA allows for anyone to stream music as long as some requirements and limits are followed - like it cannot be an on-demand service.
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The DMCA allows for anyone to stream music as long as some requirements and limits are followed - like it cannot be an on-demand service.
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I would rather Apple put their efforts into other areas, like finally adding the option to buy lossless music on the iTunes Store. If they can sell SD and HD films and tv shows they can do the same with music. It would also help to differentiate iTunes from the likes of Pandora and Spotify who stream compressed music.
I'd also like to see them offer the option to store your iTunes library in iCloud with the ability to download or stream all your content. I buy a lot of films and tv shows and it's a pain having to download everything. It's clogging up my hard drive and slowing my internet connection. It would so much easier if I could buy a film or tv show from the iTunes Store and just leave in my iCloud folder. Then I could stream it to my AppleTV or computer to watch it. If I want to take it with me then I can always download it later to my iPad or laptop. I was hoping this facility would make it into iTunes 11 but sadly not.
I'd also like to see them offer the option to store your iTunes library in iCloud with the ability to download or stream all your content. I buy a lot of films and tv shows and it's a pain having to download everything. It's clogging up my hard drive and slowing my internet connection. It would so much easier if I could buy a film or tv show from the iTunes Store and just leave in my iCloud folder. Then I could stream it to my AppleTV or computer to watch it. If I want to take it with me then I can always download it later to my iPad or laptop. I was hoping this facility would make it into iTunes 11 but sadly not.
Isn't launching a "pandora-like" music service kind of like launching a "myspace-like" social network?
All the cool kids use Spotify.
All the cool kids use Spotify.
The post reports that Apple wants better licencing rates, which I read to be paying less to Sony. It's very fair
Also, why should Sony feel compelled to enter into a streaming agreement with Apple? Sony want a price that Apple weren't willing to pay, therefore no transaction took place. You can say that sales might increase through directing through the iTunes stores, however that particular deal would mean Sony get less revenue on streams than Pandora and Spotify, then Apple takes 30% of the album revenue through iTunes anyway.
Sony have many vested interests. They sell music players, music, desktop machines, laptops, tablets, smartphones. What possible incentive is there for them to bend over and accept a worse offer on streaming when the whole deal threatens their music player/tablet/smartphone/content business model?
When Apple offers enough money, Sony will give access to the content
how do musicians even still exist today? how do they make a living? between streaming services, storefronts, and record labels all taking a cut, what's left for the actual creater/artist? seems a bit backwards to me. and that's not even getting into pirating.
Musicians don't make very much money from records and streaming, they make most of it from touring.