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NBC Pulls Shows Off of iTunes

by Terrence O'Brien on August 31, 2007 at 01:32 PM

NBC Abandons iTunes

Is iTunes the Titanic? First it was Universal jumping ship, then Eminem sued, now NBC is giving its walking papers. Apparently the network is unhappy with the iTunes pricing scheme, and it isn't alone. Content providers have been complaining for some time about Apple's flat-fee-per-download pricing scheme, favoring instead a system in which more popular songs, movies or TV shows can be priced higher and less popular downloads can be marked down. In addition to these gripes, NBC has also come out in favor of more restrictive copy protection measures than currently exist in iTunes -- this despite rest the industry moving towards zero copy protection So, get your 'The Office' episodes while you can, because NBC and Apple call it quits in December.

From Engadget

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