“The casual piracy, the schoolyard piracy, is a huge issue for us.”
Sony BMG executive Thomas Hesse, on the music company’s new plan to install digital rights management on its CDs, News.com, 31 May 2005
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ANY COLOR YOU WANT, AS LONG AS IT’S PROPRIETARY
“At Sony, we believe what customers really want is choice.”
Sony executive Ellen Glassman, on the design philosophy that produced an MP3 player that didn’t even play MP3s, Fast Company, June 2005
ON THE OTHER HAND, HE’S LIBERAL WITH THE PAIN PILLS
“Buying security software from Microsoft is like buying medication from a doctor who has been successfully sued for malpractice.”
Yankee Group analyst Jim Slaby, on the reason why Microsoft sells so little software, InformationWeek, 30 May 2005
PUTTING THE “OVER” IN “VOICEOVER”
“Nine of the top 10 selling games in 2004 were produced with union contracts, using union voice talent — and because of that, the quality of those games becomes exponentially higher.”
Union representative Seth Oster, on a potential strike by videogame voice talent, Wired News, 27 May 2005
PURSUING THE RED-HOT NONFISH, NONFOWL MARKET
“It’s not a PDA or a PC, it’s in that midrange where there’s definitely a market out there for it.”
Nokia spokesbot Laurie Armstrong, on the phone company’s new nonphone, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 May 2005
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