The Daily Show on the iTunes Store
Fumbling and stumbling around Comedy Central's website, I ran across this choice quote from the Daily Show's music news page:
Unlike similar previous services, Apple's has more user-friendly options. There is no subscription necessary, customers can keep the songs indefinitely, they can burn unlimited copies of the songs onto CD's, and, as with any Apple product, get to feel as if they are giving the finger to Bill Gates and Windows every time they use it.
Classic.
Comments
wow, I didn't even know they provided an online news version. nicely done though.
Posted by: jeremy at May 14, 2003 2:15 PM
What's the point of giving Bill Gates the finger while lining the pockets of billionaire Steve Jobs (who just got a stock bonus valued at ~$90,000,000)?
Posted by: ss at May 14, 2003 2:59 PM
SS, on your comments... Classic.
Posted by: Woody at May 14, 2003 5:06 PM
mmmm.... Apple products....
Posted by: mike at May 14, 2003 6:33 PM
4+ years giving MS the finger never felt so good. Sure Jobs is laughing all the way to the bank because of us, but there are many things one comes to love about Apple that are not exactly about the money...
Posted by: beto at May 14, 2003 8:02 PM
Yeah, SS, I agree. However, one of the best reasons to support the iTunes store is because the AAC audio format Apple uses is an open standard, and not proprietary like Windows Audio, which you know Microsoft would use (with all kinds of DRM) if they released a similar service.
Posted by: Todd Dominey at May 15, 2003 10:29 AM
I agree that Apple's venture is a lot more open than a similar Microsoft one would probably be, but I don't see how their use of AAC is any better than Microsoft using a completely proprietary format.
Apple may be using off-the-shelf AAC encoding, but that doesn't mean I can use any AAC player to decode files downloaded from their service. They're using a DRM system that limits how many computers the files can be played on. It's possible they'll allow third parties to develop players that authenticate with their servers, but I can only imagine that happening through a fairly thorough license to discourage circumvention of their protection.
Most likely Windows users won't be able to play Apple-provided AAC files until there's an official iTunes analogue on Windows. This is a similar situation to Windows Media, as it only works with Microsoft's player.
Posted by: Mike Harper at May 15, 2003 1:36 PM
