Apple and Vivendi/Universal
 

Anyone hip to the insides of this one ?

[EDITORIALIZE]This seems to smack of the same bad vibes that tanked the AOL/TimeWarner merger. What possible use could an intelligent and creative company like Apple have for the bloated catalog and poor business plan of the Universal behemoth?[/EDITORIALIZE]

-sm

[EDITORIALIZE]This seems to smack of the same bad vibes that tanked the AOL/TimeWarner merger. What possible use could an intelligent and creative company like Apple have for the bloated catalog and poor business plan of the Universal behemoth?[/EDITORIALIZE]
Strip, rip, redesign from the ground up?
I doubt it though, i don't think apple can afford the $.

Never mind that if Apple buys Universal, it goes from "Rip/Mix/Burn" to "Copy Protect/DRM/imprison"