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Steve Jobs and EMI Press Conference - No More DRM?

Multimedia said:
Guessing All Beatles Albums with Paul as the musical guest. 'Bout time. :)
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Normally I would "listen" to you Multi but this time..

His name is Paul McCartney not McCarthy :)

Here's what's gonna happen..

EMI will announce The Beatles catalog available in DRM-free content on iTunes.
Steve will announce the special Beatles wide-screen iPod with the content on it.Selling price will be $499.Including the movies Yellow Submarine and Help!.
 
No, it's just a press whatever/release. They wouldn't redo the iPod without having a special event.

The limited edition beatles version is possible (though I think unlikely), but not a 6G iPod.

-=|Mgkwho
 
Mgkwho said:
No, it's just a press whatever/release. They wouldn't redo the iPod without having a special event.

The limited edition beatles version is possible (though I think unlikely), but not a 6G iPod.

-=|Mgkwho
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HEY! It's April 1st. I can say what I want..:p

And a happy second anniversary to me!! I joined 2 years ago today!!
 
nagromme said:
(The Beatles thing almost sounds more likely though. Talking about no DRM is easy, and I know EMI has been doing that, but EMI actually acting on it is another matter.)
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I tend to think the same, but mainly because of sequencing issues... I think they'd rather reap what they can from the Beatles under the current regime and then make changes. Letting the genie out of the bottle and then releasing the most valuable segment of your catalog sounds dicey.

My guess is Beatles now, and a slow roll back of DRM. Probably on a mix of new releases and back catalog so they can gauge the effect.

(I kinda like being Mysterious...)
 
They will have a webcast afterwards on EMI's website I believe.

Not sure the link though, sorry. Check elsewhere in this thread.

-=|Mgkwho
 
EricNau said:
Isn't Apple Lossless a proprietary format?

IF Apple dropped DRM and offered songs in Apple Lossless (and this is a big if), would we be any better off? Wouldn't we still need iTunes or Quicktime to play the songs?
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I think the benefit here is that you would be downloading an open Lossless file that is "CD Quality". That file could then be re-encoded as an mp3, aac, aiff, or even wma or wav (or whatever) file that can play on just about any device, much like ripping a CD.
There would be no extra loss in quality as there is now by taking an already lossy m4p and encoding it to an additional lossy format (making it "lossy-er", if you will).
You then have the pristine Apple Lossless file which will sound great on any of your Apple devices, and you can choose the level and kind of degradation (if any) you are willing to do to it to make it work on other platforms.
I do believe this is much more like owning the CD and ripping to your needs, without the physical product, of course.
 
EMI website said:
EMI Group plc statement

EMI Group plc (“EMI” or the “Company”) announces that it has received a non-binding proposal from Warner Music Group (“WMG”) indicating that WMG might be prepared to make an offer, pre-conditional on regulatory clearance, of 260 pence per share in cash for EMI, subject to numerous assumptions and conditions.

At a regular Board meeting of EMI held earlier today, WMG’s proposal was considered by the Board which concluded that it is not in the best interests of EMI shareholders to entertain a pre-conditional offer which would entail prolonged regulatory uncertainty and unacceptable operational risk at a critical time for the Company. The Board also regards a price of 260 pence per share as inadequate, having regard to the stand-alone value of EMI, the synergies available from a combination with WMG and the risks identified above.
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Now a bit of lateral thinking. What if Steve Jobs has bought a majority shareholding in EMI?

The original deal with Apple Corp prevented Apple Inc from getting into the music buisiness, but that has now all been settled. Maybe a part of that deal removes that limitation. However, Steve Jobs is not Apple....
 
ogee said:
Now a bit of lateral thinking. What if Steve Jobs has bought a majority shareholding in EMI?

The original deal with Apple Corp prevented Apple Inc from getting into the music buisiness, but that has now all been settled. Maybe a part of that deal removes that limitation. However, Steve Jobs is not Apple....
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The more I think about this thing the more sense it makes...

The EMI CEO, the Apple CEO, no more limitations on Apple being in the Music Business, EMI refuses warner proposal, EMI workers knowing there is an announcement but not knowing wich one, invitations sent out on sunday for a monday event (maybe in order to lessen stocks speculations)...

Boys.. I hope you took your Apple stocks last week, because if this is true Apple and EMI stocks value will skyrocket really fast...
 
Peace said:
This could have something to do with dropping DRM from EMI's offerings but the kicker is there is an unannounced special musical group or something to that effect.

Could be BOTH DRM and Beatles.
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DRM would pleasantly SHOCK me.
Back when Steve addressed us on the issue, I wondered if he knew tomorrow's DRM-less EMI announcement would happen - hence his bold, open letter.
While super cool my $ is on Beatles announcement. Tho the unannounced musical group part puzzles me. I just don't see the remaining Beatles reuniting for this (been wrong before).

Regardless, wacky.
 
Ghibli said:
The more I think about this thing the more sense it makes...

The EMI CEO, the Apple CEO, no more limitations on Apple being in the Music Business, EMI refuses warner proposal, EMI workers knowing there is an announcement but not knowing wich one, invitations sent out on sunday for a monday event (maybe in order to lessen stocks speculations)...

Boys.. I hope you took your Apple stocks last week, because if this is true Apple and EMI stocks value will skyrocket really fast...
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And with Steve holding 138 million shares of Disney stock alone (4.7 BILLION dollars, in round numbers), he could just write a check on stage tomorrow...
 
JohnNotBeatle said:
And with Steve holding 138 million shares of Disney stock alone (4.7 BILLION dollars, in round numbers), he could just write a check on stage tomorrow...
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That's more than the marketcap value of ALL EMI records...

OMG......

And when this will be over Wall Street will be still closed (yet to open) and probably London will be already closed (or closing....).

1 PM seemed a bit strange as an appointment for press, but now it seems quite a logical one if you need to do something big and don't want to have some strange speculations take place in the stock market...

This can really be real (or the best April's fool ever...)
 
ElderscrollsV said:
It doesn't really affect me because I beieve that $1 for a song is wayyyy to expensive....
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What????

So basically you are saying you want to only "steal" songs?

99¢ is a very good price on average. CD Singles used to cost around $3 (some came with mutlple versions of the song, other songs, or sample songs) back before the music industry mainly dumped that format.

I did buy a Jay-Z Enhanced CD (could have been a DVD) with 2 songs and music video on it 2 or 3 years ago. It had some other features too. I remember correctly that cost me around $5. So in iTunes "dollars, the equilavent is $3.97. But thing is, I don't want the other song or video!
 
I'm just glad we have a confirmed event happening, and it's happening tomorrow. Been long enough, dambit.

Hopefully, at the end of the announcement, Steve turns to the press and says, "See ya next week."

And it will take more than Paul and Ringo to impress me. I want at least 3 members of the Beatles there before I get excited.
 
liketom said:
Beatles Smeatles give us Movie's Apple!

Seems such a waste if Steve's flying all this way to be in London and not introduce Movies to the UK iTunes Store among other things.
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Jeeze... if I had a Gulfstream private jet at my disposal with the operating cost picked up by the company, I'd be flying to London to pick up some fresh scones for breakfast!:D
 
ogee said:
Just after lunch. Steve and Mr EMI down the pub for a couple of beers then speak to the press... Sounds good to me!
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Hmmm usually these events take place in the morning (so to be in time to the lunch tv news) or mid afternoon (in time for the dinner news..). One o'clock PM is really strange...
 
Ghibli said:
That's more than the marketcap value of ALL EMI records...

OMG......

And when this will be over Wall Street will be still closed (yet to open) and probably London will be already closed (or closing....).

1 PM seemed a bit strange as an appointment for press, but now it seems quite a logical one if you need to do something big and don't want to have some strange speculations take place in the stock market...

This can really be real (or the best April's fool ever...)
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This event starts at 8AM New York City Time.
The NYSE and NASDAQ are in full swing at that time.

But then again there have been mergers and acquisitions announced during market hours before.So..
 
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