RSSiTunes Image Files Suggest Video Store
By Ed Oswald | Published September 13, 2005, 10:34 AM
Bloggers have discovered an image resource within iTunes 5 that suggests Apple has future plans for a video store. Three buttons with the terms "Gift Video," "Buy Video," and "Add Video" were found along with references to a "protected MPEG-4 video file" within text strings in the code of iTunes 5.
Rumors have been circulating around the Internet in recent months saying Apple had plans for some kind of video store, as well as a video-enabled iPod. Apple started selling music videos with some of its music tracks in May, and the Wall Street Journal reported that Apple had mentioned a video iPod to music labels back in July.
I looked everywhere inside the iTunes bundle and couldn't find any of those images.
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Just FYI, http://www.Cinematology.com is launching shortly with DRM-Free H.264/AVC MP4 video files available for download. Fits right in with Apple's strategy.
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this seems to lead into prehaps downloading movies, not just music video files? This would be interesting to see as time goes by.
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I cna understand about buying movies, but buying music videos? THat's more idiotic to me. Sure you can download music, and people buy it, but this is different. Music videos aren't meant to make the artist money, just to promote the CD and concerts. I feel bad for downloading music sometimes, but I will never feel an ounce of guilt for downloading a music video.
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I would be willing to bet you a couple bucks that it's the labels who first suggested selling the videos..
I wouldn't feel bad for downloading music, most artists get like 5 cents or so.. Your better off going to see them live, at least that way the labels can't naff up the cash from ticket sales.
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