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Drax 09-05-2007 10:52 PM

Apple has a double standard regarding content in their iTunes store
 
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Most songs of the same...well...song are both the clean and explicit versions (i.e.: 2 versions of "Hallowed Be Thy Name", one clean, the other explicit).

What I don't understand is that among the explicit music videos that they have, some of their music videos are edited so the cuss words are blanked out when the song by itself has all the cuss word goodness left intact, which is the way I prefer.

Flint 09-05-2007 10:54 PM

Shit, man. Where the hell am I gonna get my Avril Lavigne videos?

Drax 09-05-2007 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint (Post 382313)
Shit, man. Where the hell am I gonna get my Avril Lavigne videos?

:lol: How about your Manson vidz?

Flint 09-05-2007 11:01 PM

I hate to tell you, but that has to be a typo. Personal Jesus is Depeche Mode.

:::inserts prosthetic fingers into my ears and queues up my "lalalalalalala" mp3:::

Drax 09-05-2007 11:02 PM

Anyway, Girlfriend's quite good actually.

Drax 09-05-2007 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint (Post 382318)
I hate to tell you, but that has to be a typo. Personal Jesus is Depeche Mode.

:::inserts prosthetic fingers into my ears and queues up my "lalalalalalala" mp3:::

No, Manson did a cover (click here). I've heard both of 'em.

Flint 09-05-2007 11:15 PM

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:::inserts prosthetic fingers into my ears and queues up my "lalalalalalala" mp3:::

Drax 09-05-2007 11:22 PM

You saw it, didn't you? :rolleyes:

Ibby 09-06-2007 08:58 AM

HEY HEY YOU YOU I DONT LIKE YOUR BOYFRIEND
HEY MICKEY YOURE SO FINE AND wait a sec. oops.

Drax 09-06-2007 09:24 AM

By George (whoever he is), I think you've got it. :rolleyes:

Drax 09-06-2007 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Drax (Post 382311)
Most songs of the same...well...song are both the clean and explicit versions (i.e.: 2 versions of "Hallowed Be Thy Name", one clean, the other explicit).

What I don't understand is that among the explicit music videos that they have, some of their music videos are edited so the cuss words are blanked out when the song by itself has all the cuss word goodness left intact, which is the way I prefer.

I emailed Apple about this yesterday...just got their response:

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To ensure that all artists are treated fairly, Apple's policy is not to censor or edit artist content that may be "explicit". We are not the originators of the content; we upload the videos and movies provided to us by the originators.
By originators, I assume they mean the labels, cuz I doubt the artists would do this to their own videos.

Mockingbird 10-02-2007 02:55 AM

The last time I bought anything from the Apple store it wouldn't let me access it when I switched computers and it wouldn't let me transfer it anywhere. Sure, it's probably a quick fix, but I'm going to keep downloading my music free the way I want it until they make it not a pain in the ass to purchase anything without messing it up with DRM bullshit.

That said, it doesn't surprise me that they loused up something else with censorship.

DanaC 10-02-2007 06:50 AM

Any of you heard about Radiohead's latest download idea? They are making the tracks available for download, and people pay what they think its worth :P

So, as long as you pay the admin/download fee of about £0.60 you can choose whether and at what level to pay for the song, or album.

theotherguy 10-02-2007 08:38 AM

I am so excited about In Rainbows! I will probably over pay.

Mockingbird 10-02-2007 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC (Post 391168)
Any of you heard about Radiohead's latest download idea? They are making the tracks available for download, and people pay what they think its worth :P

So, as long as you pay the admin/download fee of about £0.60 you can choose whether and at what level to pay for the song, or album.

It's a good idea. Some folks are realizing that the internet has changed the way music is purchased and listened too, and as theotherguy said he will probably overpay. I think that most people will to support the idea, in addition they're cutting out a lot of middle men by hanging it online.

I hope that this idea catches on.


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