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Apple responds to viral tweet over disappearing iTunes movies
In todays society, it's always someone else's fault.loopless said:This is such a non-story.
He did not download the movie, changed regions, and due to licensing restrictions in the new region, he can't download it now. And that's Apples fault somehow?
The only reason this story has any legs is due to internet fueled paranoia that somehow Apple is reaching into your computer to delete files.
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Apple responds to viral tweet over disappearing iTunes movies
If Vudu did shut down, you actually would lose all your movies. You technically don't own digital movies. Like you said, you are basically paying for an unlimited rental license. It's the same thing with iTunes. If Apple went out of business, you would lose your movies as well. It's all in the fine print on the iTunes Store. I assume most people don't realize they don't actually own the digital movies they purchase from iTunes, Vudu, Amazon, etc. That's one of the drawbacks from digital purchases. I still always buy physical media over digital. The majority of my iTunes and Vudu movie collection are from redeeming digital copies from movies I buy.lkrupp said:Typical knee jerk reaction. It's ALWAYS Apple's fault!. Instead of "buying" digital content it might be better to be advertised as an unlimited "rental" agreement. Perhaps AI should do an investigative deep dive on the issue of digital content ownership. The DCMA is one huge bag of hurt when it comes to who has the rights to what. I have "purchased" a number of movies from iTunes, Vudu, and Prime but I have no idea what I actually bought. Streaming rights only? Do I "own" anything other than a license? Can the copyright owner remove a movie from the service I purchased it from? If I have a physical media copy of a movie I don't think I can be prevented from playing it a compatible device. Or can I?
What if Walmart decides to shut Vudu down? Do I lose the movies I purchased? do I have a right to a physical media version in it's place? I'm sure the lawyers have this all spelled out in the fine print somewhere.
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Apple pledges $1M to Red Cross as Hurricane Florence makes landfall
A nuclear bomb wouldn't work.SpamSandwich said:
I suppose a nuclear bomb would do it, but then you've got radiation spreading throughout the world.ascii said:There needs to be some sort of technology where you can set off an explosion in the middle of a hurricane (when it is out to sea), to disrupt the air flow and dissipate it before it makes landfall.
https://www.livescience.com/24383-can-you-stop-a-hurricane-by-nuking-it.html
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Apple pledges $1M to Red Cross as Hurricane Florence makes landfall
I was reading the comments on MacRumors after the iPhone announcement. Pretty much everyone was bashing Apple and saying there is nothing new with the phone.lkrupp said:Apple is being excoriated over this donation on Apple hating site MacRumors. The haters are calling it a PR disaster and that $1 million is a pitiful response by Apple. Haters have literally taken over the site to trash Apple on every single thing they do. How do these idiots keep it up for so long? -
iPhone XS Max, iPhone XS not quite as constrained as the iPhone X was at launch
You are so full of it. iPhone's don't sell out. Apple site or carrier sites don't stop selling them. If you don't order when preorders go live, the lead time is just longer and you won't get it the day it's released.jgojcaj said:This launch was a complete FLOP. I can still pre-order a very "popular" gold Xs Max on both Verizon and Apple and it's currently 12:52 PM PST. When I did my iPhone 7 Plus when it first came out, I had to stay up to order and the next few hours it was sold out. Same with my iPhone 6 Plus as well.
