Steve I think you reaching a bit by saying your seeing QT drop off when I'm seeing just the
opposite. It appears it was a decision NPR made and not anything Apple did to my knowledge.
Being an NPR station I did send an e-mail to certain folks when I heard the news and the reply I
received basically said it was simply a disagreement between NPR and Apple and NPR decided to
stop using the service until further notice or maybe for good if things can't be worked out. As
I said I don't know the details other than it appears not to be a money issue because as we all
know there's no fee for using QT. My guess is it was simply a disagreement over something in the
little agreement form you say yes to when you install and use the QT encoder and server. Most
likely just one word that the lawyers can't agree with. In big business that makes or breaks
deals every day, even free deals. As I said I have no idea for sure what caused this and all I
can do is hope the problem can be worked out some day soon.
Just my .02 worth
Mike Murrell
WUOT
Steve Meredith wrote:
> What gives? What "arrangement with Apple QuickTime" would force NPR to no
> longer offer QuickTime for their audio offerings? Is Apple going to come
> down on my system and demand a "new arrangement" for me to use QT?
>
> I love QuickTime and invested quite a bit of time and money developing my
> site. However, I'm noticing QuickTime offerings appearing less and less on
> major sites. I also noticed that all the major news organizations using
> Real or Windows Media for their video offerings. This is another loss for
> Apple.
>
> >NPR.org had been offering some of its audio in the Apple QuickTime format
> >under an arrangement with Apple QuickTime. We regret that we were unable to
> >reach mutually acceptable terms for a new arrangement with Apple QuickTime.
> >As a result, NPR is unable to continue offering its content in this
> >format.
> >
> >You can also contact Apple QuickTime directly at: email@hidden
> >
> >Weston
> >NPR Online
> >Love the music you heard on the radio? Get the new CD "I Heard it on NPR"
> >at
> >the online shop
>
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