Is Apple planning to unveil a robust new content distribution system in January at Macworld Expo alongside its revamped media-savvy Mac mini? apparantly Think Secret believes they are going to do just that. The new content system and related media deals, which will include feature-length content, expanded televisions offerings, and more, will further cement Apple's increasing lead in digital media delivery.
Apple's new technology will deliver content such that it never actually resides on the user's hard drive. Content purchased will be automatically made available on a user's iDisk, which Front Row 2.0 will tap into.
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Member since:2005-07-03
I agree with you in this regard. Obviously, paying for something will in turn generally give you content easier, faster, and in some cases, higher quality. What I find a little annoying about the concept is the actual lack-of ownership type of style. Sure, I can access the content whenever I want, but do you actually have control over it? What if I decide that I'd rather watch a movie on my DVD player as opposed to the Mac? Am I out of luck, or are they truly going to accomidate for all of those situations? Sure, you can also make it like a media center and run it into the TV, but is that really as easy as simply using a device designed to only play content? And if I were to try to record it for myself using some other method (TV-Out recording type of thing, StreamRipper, etc) just to have another means of controlling it, I'm breaking a law of some sort?
So for me, this doesn't work out quite as well as I'd like, or so it seems. Who knows though, it may very well change easily. I'm sure Apple can develop methods of doing all sorts of things and having it be safe, but then again, people will also figure out ways to get around it too I'm sure.
Member since:2005-07-10
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2005-06-30
Is it that hard to believe some people would rather pay for stuff than spend ~3 days trying to get it from a P2P network?
When people started trading ??AA content on the net and they complained we said: The internet is here like it or not, adapt your buisness model to it.
Now they are finding protected means to sell content through the internet and people want to complain about it.
Edited 2005-12-03 16:03