ohmygod

According to Time Magazine people are stealing music and movies!

"sales of MP3 players 56% over 2001. And while consumers bought about 680 million albums last year, they purchased 1.7 billion blank CDs — up 40% from the year before. "

Yeah, duh? This is news?

Even Josh Quitner cops to downloading. Pretty funny when you consider his employer owns a goodly sized chunk of the entertainment media being downloaded.

Then there is this inteview with Jobs:

TIME: "Rip.Mix.Burn" has been Apple's mantra as of late. Why go legit now?

Jobs: "Rip.Mix.Burn" was never not legit. When some folks thought "Rip.Mix.Burn" was an anthem to steal music, it was just because they didn't know what they were talking about. They obviously didn't have any kids living at home. This was the 50 year-old-crowd that thought that.

Um...let me think...who would be more likely to pay for a mpg download... a 20 yr old college student living in dorm surfing via an edu network or a 50 yr old with a good income?

You have to hand it to Jobs...he is the EveryReady bunny of the computer biz.

Posted by feste at April 29, 2003 08:42 PM