http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/08/31itunes.html
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pi ... 7Te_sjiGug
And here's Daring Fireball's take on this situation which summed up most of my opinions:
http://daringfireball.net/2007/09/nbc_screw_up
Edit:
An update. NBC is going to sell their shows through Amazon's Unbox service now, which offers even more restrictions on their content than iTunes:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20 ... unbox.html
Again, here's Daring Fireball's take on this:
And yet, there are far less restrictions on DVD releases of TV shows and they're far cheaper than their online counterparts.This just shows how moronic these NBC clowns are. You don’t have to be a nerd or obsessive to see how these restrictions suck — they’re obvious. No mixing means you and your spouse can’t both buy material for each other’s use.
What’s surprising is that Amazon, a company that grew to prominence specifically because of their reputation for great customer service and experience, would go along with such odious restrictions. Here’s a simple rule of thumb: if an honest customer has to even think about the rules, your DRM system is odiously restrictive.
Source: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2007/s ... e-04-unbox
Edit 2:
Another update.
The New York Times on NBC-Amazon Deal ★
Brooks Barnes reporting:
“'Amazon is a company that understands the value we provide as content owners to its business,' said Jean-Briac Perrette, president of NBC Universal Digital Distribution."
Translation: Amazon bent over and took it, and told NBC how pretty they are.
Barnes’s report makes no mention whatsoever of the fact that Unbox’s DRM restrictions are far tighter than iTunes’s. That’s a central aspect of the story, so no cookie for The Times.
Source: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2007/s ... 04-nyt_nbc