From: Richard M. Smith
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 4:03 PM
To: John.Dreyer@disney.com
Cc: welch@apple.com
Subject: Mickey Mouse should stop telling fibs
Hello,
I just saw this article at the Hollywood Reporter:
Mouse grouse: Dis boss lays into computer biz
In particular, this sentence about Mr. Michael Eisner's congressional testimony of last week caught my eye:
"While he [Michael Eisner] said some information technology companies
believed in copyright protection, he singled out Apple's
"Rip. Mix. Burn." ad campaign, saying the company was telling
people "that they can create a theft if they buy this computer."
I don't believe that Mr. Eisner was being truthful in his testimony before Congress.
Here's what Apple has to say about their "Rip, Mix, Burn" campaign:
Apple Unveils New iMacs With CD-RW Drives & iTunes Software
Rip, Mix, Burn Your Own Custom Music CDs
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2001/feb/22imac.html
"iTunes, which has been downloaded more than 750,000 times
since its debut in January, lets users import songs from
their favorite CDs into their iMac and compress them into
the popular MP3 format; organize their music using powerful
yet easy to use searching, browsing, and play list features;
watch stunning visualizations on their computer screen; and
create custom music CDs with the new iMac's CD-RW drive."
It sounds to my ears that Apple is simply promoting fair use of copyright works by telling consumers they can create mix CDs from music CDs that they have purchased.
I am wondering why Mr. Eisner felt it necessary to apparently shade the truth about Apple Computer to support his position on the issue of the proposed SSSCA law?
Thanks,
Richard M. Smith
http://www.ComputerBytesMan.com