If you like to download the latest episodes of “Heroes” or other NBC shows from BitTorrent, maybe you shouldn’t buy a Microsoft Zune to watch them on.
A future update of the software for Microsoft’s portable media player may well include a feature that will block unauthorized copies of copyrighted videos from being played on it.
Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it would start selling video programming for the Zune, mainly TV shows. These include programs from NBC Universal, which has pulled its shows off Apple’s iTunes Store.
Late Tuesday afternoon I reached J. B. Perrette, the president of digital distribution for NBC Universal, to ask why NBC found Microsoft’s video store more appealing than Apple’s.
He explained that NBC, like most studios, would like the broadest distribution possible for its programming. But it has two disputes with Apple.
View: The New York Times Article
View: Microsoft Response
A future update of the software for Microsoft’s portable media player may well include a feature that will block unauthorized copies of copyrighted videos from being played on it.
Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it would start selling video programming for the Zune, mainly TV shows. These include programs from NBC Universal, which has pulled its shows off Apple’s iTunes Store.
Late Tuesday afternoon I reached J. B. Perrette, the president of digital distribution for NBC Universal, to ask why NBC found Microsoft’s video store more appealing than Apple’s.
He explained that NBC, like most studios, would like the broadest distribution possible for its programming. But it has two disputes with Apple.
View: The New York Times Article View: Microsoft Response
You can ask me to pay for the music and videos (and I gladly will), but don't police what I put on the player. That's where I draw the line.
A lot of anti-MS stuff is coming out of Cupertino... How sad...
A lot of anti-MS stuff is coming out of Cupertino... How sad...
how sad - sprouting off with a shred off evidence to back up your claim
How exactly is a small portable player going to have the processing capacity to analyse a video file to determine if it's a copyrighted item or not? Also wheres it going to get the list of copyrighted shows from?
This is a great way to ensure the Zune NEVER takes off. Great job.
Just another sign that MS's ultimate demise is just around the corner.
I'm sorry, what? Baseless and incorrect.
Regardz
I'm sorry, what? Baseless and incorrect.
Regardz
Heh, fair enough, was just trolling. I actually don't think Linux will take much market share to be honest, but I do enjoy watching the fanboys who think MS will collapse. Just wanted to try out the stereotype for a change.
Sorry for wasting your time.
Last edited by LinuxForever on 08 May 2008 - 10:27
YOU HEAR THAT YOU M$ Employee Trolls that are on here, Kiss my ass!!!
Roar happy freaking Thursday!!
Unfortunately no one will want to buy it, especially if you bad mouth the product as you have in your post
Microsoft hardware is hopeless, right down to the Xbox 360's that had a 60% (first year) failure rate. When will people learn?
That's exactly why this rumor was started. Have fun with that inferior iPod.
It would be like the Zune being sold to support MP3 and WAV files and then a few months later dropping and blocking the capability of it playing MP3s in favor of microsofts music file extension. (I was just using wav as an example)
Like WGA, this has absolutely no effect on those who only have legal media.
What a horrible thing for Microsoft to do, punish the criminals! We praise them when they fight spammers but when they fight pirates that's a bad thing? Get real.
It would do Neowin some good to update the original story possibly with something like
UPDATE: please see the following story for more developments on this.
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