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  • Expedia chairman attacks Apple's 'disgusting' 30% commission fee

    This is laughable coming from the man who built Ticketmaster based on their excessive fees structure. Note that this fact was conveniently omitted from his bio. He merged Ticketmaster with AEG.
    tmaybaconstangDogpersonh2pwatto_cobra
  • Apple gives Oscar nominated 'CODA' movie a theatrical re-release, for free

    It is called a “4 wall licensing Agreement” the producer rents out the theatre for a set number of days and screenings and they keep all admission revenue if any. The theatre keeps all concession revenue, covers it’s overhead and makes a profit based on its fee. These have been common since the 1970s and are used by independent producer’s to get their pictures on screen where Exhibition is unwilling to book this product under conventional terms because they doubt they will make any money playing the films because of limited appeal and lacking substantial advertising and marketing support.

    GeorgeBMacentropysbestkeptsecret
  • Pay up or get out: Apple's options for South Korea's App Store law

    If Apple were to stop doing business in South Korea would it also stop sourcing components from South Korean companies? What size of a hit would this cause to Samsung and LG?  The law of unintended consequences will be at work here.

    killroyjbdragonDBSyncjahbladewatto_cobra
  • Lawsuit alleges unauthorized use of song in Apple TV+ series 'Amazing Stories'

    This is why producers purchase E&O insurance on every production.Errors and Omissions protects the distributor and producers from these kind of claims. Amblin had a music supervisor who negotiated a release from a copyright holder of record if the original author had an unknown dispute with a former partner this would be unknown to the producer.  The complainant’s attorney is going after the company with the deepest pockets but that company is protected and this is merely a publicity grab that really has no  effect on Apple and is a nuisance claim.

    It maybe cheaper for the producer to strip out the offending song or songs and replace it with another piece of music. That will be decided with the insurer. End result is the complainI got author will have his song removed and the vast audience will not know or care. Whatever monies he receives will pale to the benefit he would have received from having his work in a popular show leading to additional use of his other work. 
    fastasleepleavingthebiggDAalsethRayz2016
  • Snoopy screensavers arrive on Apple TV with tvOS 18.2

    I have 2nd Generation Apple Tv 4Ks in all of the rooms in my house and after updating none of them show the Snoopy screensavers to have been downloaded. What is going on?
    RvrbrczrveeczgForumPost
  • iPhone SE, iPad Air, MacBook Air, more - what to expect from Apple's spring event

    Mac Minis in multiple colors would be sweet. 
    jas99bandits1diamondblue22
  • The Apple Watch 'future of health' on your wrist is likely still years away, say doctors

    Continuous Blood sugar monitoring will be a major mover to improve health. The ability to closely keep track of your blood sugar throughout the day and knowing what the effect of eating, fasting, exercise will allow people to better manage this illness. Today we must continuously prick our fingers a painful and annoying exercise that isn’t always possible for many. Health insurance only pays the costs for those with the most severe symptoms and this makes continuous monitoring devices unavailable to most. Diabetes is a pervasive illness among the US. Population and growing. Including this within the Apple watch will  make a huge impact.
    jas99