“Steve Jobs has spoken with Disney President and soon-to-be CEO Bob Iger about ways to license various Disney content for a video iPod, according to an internal Disney email I have obtained. That could include anything from clips from ESPN and ABC News to short cartoons,” Business 2.0’s Erick Schonfeld reports in his blog (his source is B2.0 editor-at-large Paul Sloan). “If the past is any measure of what’s to come, Jobs will enter the arena late (as he did with the iPod) only to leapfrog over the competition with some entirely different device. And that could leave everyone from Microsoft’s Bill Gates to Sony’s Howard Stringer once again racing to copy their far smaller rival.”
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What they fail to mention is that jobs can use the ‘pixar’ carrot on the disney CEO – ‘Let us use disney material on our vido ipod and we can cut a deal with you and pixar’ – sort of thing.
Downloadable video is fine but I would prefer to have an iTunes that can rip my DVDs.
I can’t wait for Podeo…
Petey.. any mention of Jobs and Disney always has that implication.. no one forgets Pixar.
Interesting that they still think of Sony as bigger than Apple..
And please tell me where I can find out more about MS’s consumer electronics expertise.. I think that would be.. Windows CE.. and.. yea.. Xbox… got it…thanks
Yes! DVD ripper.
Why aren’t there any DVD rippers (nice easy GUI ones anyway). DVD’s cost (almost) the same as CD’s, and you can rip CD’s just fine. What’s the deal with DVD’s?
@ipod, therefore I am
Because the law isn’t sorted about that, and currently ripping DVD’s is technically illegal
Isn’t Pixar struggling like hell to get OUT of business with Disney? Aren’t they suing each other’s nuts off right now?
I guess Apple, Inc. is a separate business unit?
Mike,
Don’t forget MS’s wireless hardware. I think you can pick some up at the Starvation Army for $5.
Yeah well they are looking for a new distributor, as Disney is not willing to give over a larger percentage of the profits to App– er .. Pixar.
Now, there are many distribution houses out there that are salivating at the chance to partner with Pixar..
But remember, just like anything else, it’s about leverage. If Disney can leverage their old content (movies) then maybe that can tip the scales and Pixar will sign with them again for the same profit percentage.
It’s basically going to be a handheld (very basic) Tivo..download a movie then jack the iPod to the TV with an AV cable and watch your movies.
iPod, therefore I am.
http://www.versiontracker.com
Do a search and you will find the Holy Grail.
ipod, there for i am,
technically, you are allowed to rip dvd back-ups of dvd’s you already own. the are a couple mac ripping apps and compression apps out there. the best, in my opinion, is mac the ripper to rip (hense the name) and dvd2one to compress then toast to burn. each step typically takes 1/2 hr to do.
My understanding is that even owning ripping software is considered illegal. That’s probably what hollywood is pushing anyway.
We have to be realistic here. My three year old has learned how to use the DVD player surprisingly fast. Furthermore, she kills DVDs with scratches. Anyone who thinks I am going to turn her over with an original Disney (or any other) DVD is insane. She gets to handle the backups. When she scratches those, I burn her another copy. meanwhile, the original sits high and out of her range. This SHOULD be considered legal.
My word was three, as in: It took less than three scratched DVDs for me to start backing up my originals.