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Beatles and iTunes deal still at impasse: Yoko Ono
Reuters via yahoo ^
| Fri Aug 6, 2010
| Dean Goodman
Posted on 08/10/2010 2:17:03 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
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To: radiohead
I loosely borrowed it from Dennis Leary:
“What kind of country is this where John Lennon gets six bullets in the chest, and Yoko is standing right next to him and not one f’ing bullet? Explain THAT to me!”
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posted on
08/10/2010 3:48:50 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: a fool in paradise; ~Kim4VRWC's~; 1234; 50mm; Abundy; Action-America; acoulterfan; AFreeBird; ...
Yoko Ono says holding breath will just get blue face and no Beatle music in online digital storesPING!
Please!
No Flame Wars allowed!
Discuss hardware.
Don't attack people!
Apple v. Apple Ping!
If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.
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posted on
08/10/2010 3:52:12 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(This tag line is a Microsoft product "insult" free zone!)
To: a fool in paradise
Just borrow the CD from the local library,convert it into MP3s with Windows Media Player and voila! Not as handy as downloading but you get free wav files in the bargain (if you want them).
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posted on
08/10/2010 3:53:55 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(''I don't regret setting bombs,I feel we didn't do enough.'' ->Bill Ayers,Hussein's mentor,9/11/01)
To: GSWarrior
But there are some people who view the Beatles as being the band that derailed Yoko Ono's career path.
I was really looking for the Sarcasm tag on this comment, but I didn't see it. Nonetheless, thanks for the laugh.
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posted on
08/10/2010 3:58:07 PM PDT
by
newheart
(History is an outbreak of madness--Ellul)
To: newheart
I can understand how aficionados of avant-garde, minimalist crap might feel that way.
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posted on
08/10/2010 4:07:42 PM PDT
by
GSWarrior
(I'm from the government and I'm here to change the climate.)
To: newfreep
I would guess that very few people can tell the difference between a 256 or 320 mp3 and a cd especially not on average equipment.
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posted on
08/10/2010 4:09:16 PM PDT
by
Mr. Blonde
(You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
To: a fool in paradise
There's just an element that we're not very happy about, as people Apple refuses to inflate the ratings of Ono's offerings on iTunes so it looks like SOMEONE is buying her stuff?
To: dfwgator
Agreed.
Yoko Ono is a VERB when it comes to bands.
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posted on
08/10/2010 4:13:09 PM PDT
by
RachelFaith
(2010 is going to be a 100 seat Tsunami - Unless the GOP Senate ruins it all...)
To: relictele
God Bless WhatCD and Waffles!
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posted on
08/10/2010 4:13:26 PM PDT
by
RachelFaith
(2010 is going to be a 100 seat Tsunami - Unless the GOP Senate ruins it all...)
To: Mr. Blonde
Actually, the differences between MP3 & CD are easily heard on very modest equipment.
Hi-Rez 24/96 files can sound amazingly real. Coming soon are 24/192 downloads.
I have all the Beatles albums on CDRs burned direct from the master tapes. I expect Apple Corp are determining the best vehicle for Hi-Rez 24/96 downloads and simply delaying decision on the iTunes MP3 format.
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posted on
08/10/2010 4:14:45 PM PDT
by
newfreep
(Palin/DeMint 2012 - Bolton: Secy of State)
To: GSWarrior
“Many people think of her as the woman who broke up the Beatles. But there are some people who view the Beatles as being the band that derailed Yoko Ono's career path. “
I didn't know there was a market for cat shredding imitations. I guess each to his own.
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posted on
08/10/2010 4:18:37 PM PDT
by
freedomlover
(Make sure you're in love - before you move in the heavy stuff)
To: GSWarrior
Yoko Ono was already a lauded composer and artist by the time she hooked up with John Lennon. Many people think of her as the woman who broke up the Beatles. But there are some people who view the Beatles as being the band that derailed Yoko Ono's career path.
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posted on
08/10/2010 4:21:22 PM PDT
by
Richard Kimball
(We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
To: newfreep
If you say so. I can’t hear it.
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posted on
08/10/2010 4:29:56 PM PDT
by
Mr. Blonde
(You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
To: a fool in paradise
Hey, Yoko, thanks for breaking up the Beatles!!
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posted on
08/10/2010 4:41:30 PM PDT
by
KosmicKitty
(WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
To: Swordmaker
>
for those willing to be PIRATES and thieves... I'm not. 100% agreed.
I'm the biggest Beatles fan I know, have been since I was in junior high in the mid-60's. I've got them on vinyl, I've got them on CDs, I've got a few old 8-tracks of 'em...
And I ripped my CD's to MP3s rather than download illegal files.
I will not download copyrighted material -- even though I hate the RIAA and MPAA and DRM -- because no compensation gets to the artists that way, not even the tiny dribble that they get from the physical media sales.
Screw the RIAA, but not the artists.
Politics aside, even Yoko aside, I'm still a Beatles fan. Some of the best music I've heard in my entire life.
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posted on
08/10/2010 5:07:47 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: a fool in paradise
The Beetles stink and are boring ....who cares. They have 2-3 listenable tunes. I can listen to “House of the Rising Sun” and “LA Woman” anytime it’s on the radio. The Beetles are painful to listen to. U2 are the Beetles of today
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posted on
08/10/2010 5:48:46 PM PDT
by
dennisw
(2012)
To: Swordmaker
The day John Lennon climbed up that stepladder to peer through the big magnifying glass, Yoko hit the lottery.
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posted on
08/10/2010 6:47:12 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: a fool in paradise
Imagine no Yoko Ono.
It’s easy if you try.
To: Swordmaker
Fine...what if someone takes their newly-remastered Beatles CDs and undertakes the Herculean task of creating MP3s from them and then undertakes a second Herculean task of loading them into one’s iPod?
And please don’t misuse the term piracy just because others do same.
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posted on
08/11/2010 4:35:07 AM PDT
by
relictele
(Me lumen vos umbra regit)
To: Swordmaker
Moreover my point was an economic one. Apple Corps Ltd. assume that digital versions of the music are not currently available and therefore they badly overestimate their bargaining power.
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posted on
08/11/2010 4:40:06 AM PDT
by
relictele
(Me lumen vos umbra regit)
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