Omega
Displaced Ohioan
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join:2002-07-30
Cheyenne, WY
clubs:  | where to go?
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Where oh where will users flock to get NBC content now??
bittorrent |
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Thymadman
Mine Mine
join:2002-08-07
Brooklyn, NY | Greed
Talk about Greedy. $5 for an episode, completely stupid and not worth it IMO
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texans20
Weapons of Masturbation
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join:2002-09-28
Texas!
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Re: where to go?
said by Omega  : quote:
Where oh where will users flock to get NBC content now??
bittorrent Usenet. |
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claco
join:2002-09-29
Tallmadge, OH | reply to Thymadman
Re: Greed
Forget the price increase, I still don't understand why I have to pay anything at all for something that was broadcast over public airwaves and that I could record myself.
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ |  Bye Bye Battlestar Gallactica
Where will all the Battlestar Gallactica fans get their fix if they miss the show on TV? |
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claco
join:2002-09-29
Tallmadge, OH | Bittorrents from the UK. THat's where I've gotten my fix, along with the "new" here, not there Torchwood series as well. |
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kalphearion
In nomine Patri
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join:2003-11-08
Denver, CO
clubs:
 ·Comcast
| reply to claco
Re: Greed
said by claco :Forget the price increase, I still don't understand why I have to pay anything at all for something that was broadcast over public airwaves and that I could record myself. To some level I do agree with you. |
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NightVisor
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join:2001-02-28
Rialto, CA | Wait-a-minute...
NBC has content? |
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Brazbit
Randomness Personified
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join:2003-10-22
Port Orchard, WA
·wavebroadband
| Good for NBC
Good for NBC. Apple should not be the one to set the price for what NBC's content is worth, that should be between NBC and the customer.
If NBC had increased the price and not enough users were willing to pay the price would have either come back down or NBC would have decided iTunes was not worth the investment and left anyway. If the market is not worth their time at $1.99 an episode then they did the right thing by leaving. Due to Apple's inflexibility they now have lost the provider of 40% of their video sales.
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MacWin
join:2003-06-26
Imperial, MO | Due to NBC's mindless greed they now have lost the no overhead profit for their online content.
Fixed it for you
How dare Apple try to not screw consumers. |
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Doctor Four
My other vehicle is a TARDIS
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join:2000-09-05
Dallas, TX
 ·AT&T U-Verse
| The content cartels are their own worst enemy
By being greedy and pulling their content off of industry
approved services like iTunes, the people that used to
pay for content from them will now resort to downloading
it for free from places like Bit Torrent and Usenet.
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dualsub2006
join:2007-07-18
Newport, KY
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Re: Good for NBC
$1.99 an episode is exactly $1.99 more than they had been getting before iTunes. Their little LuLu deal with Fox will go nowhere and they will be right back where they were.
How many episodes make up a season of Heros? 12? My son just bought the DVD set of one of the seasons at Target or Walmart for $32. That's $2.66 an episode if there are 12. How much should a low resolution download cost? People buying DVD's would pass if a single season were to cost $72 ($5.99 episode x 12 episodes) and so would iTunes users.
I am confident in saying that the majority of people that shop at iTunes go there for reasons other than NBC content. Apple will be fine and so will iTunes. |
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dualsub2006
join:2007-07-18
Newport, KY
| reply to claco
Re: Greed
You don't have to pay anyone anything. DVR the stuff and then use your DVD recorder. Move it to your computer, chop the commercials, add some fades to make the transitions smooth and you have it done.
NBC can sit and spin, I've been getting it for free for a very long time. |
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n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY
·Optimum Online
| reply to MacWin
Re: Good for NBC
said by MacWin :Due to NBC's mindless greed they now have lost the no overhead profit for their online content. Fixed it for you How dare Apple try to not screw consumers. Eventually they may realize the error of their ways and come crawling back to iTunes. When they do, Apple should demand that the shows sell for $0.99!! 
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packetscan
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join:2004-10-19
Bridgeport, CT
clubs: | Slow and Painful
4.99 is not market price. 1.99 is.
Are NBC and others trying to Fix the market?
Looks like I'm back to Usenet.
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b10010011
Whats a Posting tag?
join:2004-09-07
Bellingham, WA
·Comcast Formerly ..
| I don't get it...
Why should we have to pay for something that was aired on broadcast television?
I do not have to pay to watch it on TV.
I do not have to pay to watch it later on my Tivo.
Why should I have to pay to watch it on an I-Pod? 
Just does not make sense? 
But really I can not remember the last time I watched a program on NBC. Maybe they are hurting for money.
Here's a clue for you NBC. It's not the internet that is hurting your bottom line. It's the lack of decent programming.  |
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La Luna
Surviving Ashraful
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join:2001-07-12
Warwick, NY
clubs:
·Optimum Online
 ·Vonage
| reply to texans20
Re: where to go?
said by texans20 :said by Omega : quote:
Where oh where will users flock to get NBC content now??
bittorrent Usenet. shush you two.
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La Luna
Surviving Ashraful
Premium
join:2001-07-12
Warwick, NY
clubs:
·Optimum Online
·Vonage
| Can't imagine....
....why anyone would want to PAY for anything off of network tv to begin with. Most of the programming is crap, and the little that isn't still isn't worth paying extra for over and above what we are already paying to cable/direct tv, etc., to receive those channels. I can't remember the last time I watched anything on ANY network channel....oh yeah, wait....the final 12 of American Idol on Fox. whoo hoo.
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The Folsom
Kindly Shut Your Noise Hole.
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join:2003-01-31
Yucaipa, CA
·Verizon FIOS
| reply to TKJunkMail
Re: Bye Bye Battlestar Gallactica
said by TKJunkMail :Where will all the Battlestar Gallactica fans get their fix if they miss the show on TV? MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!... Tricia Helfer...
"Glarglglargglargghlargarglarg!!!"
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dleehend
Howdy
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join:2002-03-11
Jasper, TX
 ·AT&T DSL Service
| reply to dualsub2006
Re: Good for NBC
actually there are 23 episodes of Heroes Season 1
That would make them about $1.40 per episode on DVD. Sounds like Itunes pricing may be a little high. 
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