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Universal Music Head Says iPod Owners Are Thieves
"These devices are just repositories for stolen music, and they all know it," UMG chairman/CEO Doug Morris says. Some may be thieves, but all iPod owners are customers and potential customers of UMG's product. Big media companies like Universal routinely think of their customers as the enemy, and they talk about it publicly. That's a good way to put yourself out of business. (Via Boing Boing)
"These devices are just repositories for stolen music, and they all know it," UMG chairman/CEO Doug Morris says.
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Some may be thieves, but all iPod owners are customers and potential customers of UMG's product. Big media companies like Universal routinely think of their customers as the enemy, and they talk about it publicly. That's a good way to put yourself out of business.
(Via Boing Boing)
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