http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/2006/11/28/audio-universals-morris-says-artists-deserve-payment/ Just another Blogs.reuters.com weblog Sun, 7 Sep 2008 00:22:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/2006/11/28/audio-universals-morris-says-artists-deserve-payment/#comment-76041 Left Coast LiveWire » Blog Archive » Is the UMG Microsoft deal just a thorn for Apple’s side? Wed, 06 Dec 2006 21:27:43 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/2006/11/28/audio-universals-morris-says-artists-deserve-payment/#comment-76041 [...] We’re watching the beginning of a slippery slope. UMG won’t be the last label to demand a royalty on hardware, and now that the precident has been set, Apple may be UMG’s next target. Graver still, O’Grady posits that the movie studio’s will be next, and offers evidence that they are already warming up to demand tighter DRM restrictions on movies bought from the iTunes store. How far will UMG go and, what that means for device manufacturers is still up in the air but, recent statements by UMG’s CEO show that he’s ripe and ready for battle. [...] […] We’re watching the beginning of a slippery slope. UMG won’t be the last label to demand a royalty on hardware, and now that the precident has been set, Apple may be UMG’s next target. Graver still, O’Grady posits that the movie studio’s will be next, and offers evidence that they are already warming up to demand tighter DRM restrictions on movies bought from the iTunes store. How far will UMG go and, what that means for device manufacturers is still up in the air but, recent statements by UMG’s CEO show that he’s ripe and ready for battle. […]

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