Re:CDs Curated by Steve Jobs and the iPod Team (2016)
by microtherion on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @07:03PM
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As the article says, Apple bought 1 physical copy of these CDs for each iPod they pre-loaded to be on somewhat more solid legal footing. Digital rights would have had to be negotiated on a case by case basis, and at least for the Beatles records, Apple had a bad relationship with the copyright holder at the time.
Re:CDs Curated by Steve Jobs and the iPod Team (2016)
by teh_klev on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @07:19PM
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Or maybe rap/hiphop just wasn't Job's bag.
But it's not beyond the possibility that given the new format (yeah I know), there were possibly contracts explicitly for certain mediums (CD/vinyl) and some artists either didn't respond to contractual updates, or just plain said "no way".
That's a really good point, and well spotted. I'm amazed I hadn't noticed that being a fan of NWA et-al from that era.
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Upon further thought, I'm also wondering if there may have been objections from certain artists and/or they couldn't get contractual releases for this purpose - up until then I guess the rights were for CD/Tape/Vinyl/SACD etc, digital music may have been viewed with suspicion by some bands - e.g. Metallica. Just a thought.