UNIVERSAL MUSIC EXEC: IPODS ARE REPOSITORIES FOR STOLEN MUSIC

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	APPLE'S STEVE JOBS REPORTEDLY LOSES STAND-OFF WITH STUDIOS Jun 19 2006
	Apple Computer Chairman Steve Jobs, who successfully battled the record companies to hold the price (more)
	TIVO COMING FOR IPOD AND PLAYSTATION PORTABLE Nov 21 2005
	TiVo is expected to announce today (Monday) that users of its digital recording devices will (more)

UNIVERSAL MUSIC EXEC: IPODS ARE REPOSITORIES FOR STOLEN MUSIC
Thursday, November 30 2006

Apple Computer is facing new challenges to its iPod devices from content providers, who, while seeking ways to profit from digital technology, remain worried that it will wreck their businesses. On Wednesday, Reuters quoted Doug Morris, head of Vivendi's Universal Music Group (UMG), as saying that he wants the same deal from Apple that he has negotiated with Microsoft for its Zune player -- a royalty payment for each device sold. Morris said that all such digital devices "are just repositories for stolen music, and they all know it. So it's time to get paid for it." Two weeks ago UMG sued social networking site MySpace, charging that it allowed users to pirate its music videos. Meanwhile, the London Financial Times reported that the major film studios are demanding that, before they will sign a deal to provide movies to Apple's iTunes Music Store, Apple must develop software that will prevent the movies from being downloaded to multiple iPods from a single PC.

WAL-MART BATTLES APPLE OVER MOVIE DOWNLOADS
Monday, September 4 2006
Wal-Mart, which claims that its stores account for 40 percent of all DVD's sold in the U.S., has been using its clout to dissuade Hollywood's major studios from cooperating with Apple's iTunes Music Store, which plans to sell them online. According to Business Week Wal-Mart has sent executives to Hollywood in hopes of blocking any deal between Apple and the studios. Wal-Mart has denied the report. Apple is expected to announce a movie download service (more)

APPLE PLANNING TO 'RENT' MOVIES ONLINE
Tuesday, July 18 2006

Apple has been quietly signing deals with the major studios in which they have agreed to allow their movies to be downloaded on computers or video iPods for one-time-only viewing, several online technology websites reported today (Tuesday). Apple Chairman Steve Jobs is expected to announce the deals during a keynote address to the Worldwide Developers Conference next month. According to ThinkSecret.com, a website that claims to provide inside information on Apple, the deal marks a rare setback for Jobs, who (more)