Cause they underestimate how they are losing the battle to MS.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Denis Ahrens" <email@hidden>
To: <email@hidden>
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 5:22 PM
Subject: Re: FW: Termination of Apple QuickTime on NPR.org
> Hi
>
> Why do they need to do that with agreement from Apple ? I thought all
> the tools are free ?
>
> Denis
>
> On Donnerstag, April 10, 2003, at 09:58 Uhr, Jonathan Longcore wrote:
>
> > Wow. I'm really sorry to see this happen.
> >
> > -Jonathan Longcore
> > Mac Only
> > Albuquerque, NM
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Robert Spier [mailto:email@hidden]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 9:24 AM
> >> To: Robert Spier
> >> Subject: Termination of Apple QuickTime on NPR.org
> >>
> >>
> >> Dear Stations:
> >>
> >> For several years, npr.org has provided its 24-hour program stream (a
> >> continuous delayed loop of NPR programs) in Apple QuickTime format,
> >> as well
> >> as in the Real and Windows Media formats. A few months ago, we also
> >> started
> >> offering the NPR hourly newscasts in the Apple QuickTime format, in
> >> addition
> >> to the Real and Windows Media formats we had been offering for years.
> >> And,
> >> we have streamed some special All Songs Considered episodes in the
> >> Apple
> >> QuickTime format. All of the above Apple QuickTime streaming has
> >> occurred
> >> under agreements with Apple QuickTime.
> >>
> >> We have been renegotiating these agreements with Apple QuickTime for a
> >> number of months but we have failed to reach mutually acceptable
> >> terms. As a
> >> result, we will cease offering any NPR content in Apple QuickTime
> >> format
> >> effective today (April 9, 2003).
> >>
> >> More generally, our overall approach has been, and continues to be,
> >> to try
> >> to provide users with a choice of formats, as long as the content be
> >> reasonably secured against downloading and unauthorized posting on
> >> the Web.
> >> The types of the audio we offer also guide our approach toward audio
> >> formats. The 24-hour program stream, by its nature, cannot be readily
> >> downloaded.
> >>
> >> NPR.org is evaluating the possibility of offering the 24-hour program
> >> stream
> >> in the MP3 format. In the meantime, the program stream will remain
> >> available
> >> in Real and Windows Media, as will all of NPR's on-demand, archived
> >> content.
> >>
> >> Please contact me with any questions concerning this announcement.
> >>
> >> Best regards.
> >>
> >> Robert Spier | NPR Online Station Services
> >> 202.513.3636 | email@hidden
> >>
> >> Love NPR? Support your local station.
> >> <http://www.npr.org/stations/>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
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