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有这样一则本月9号的旧闻，Microsoft has made a deal with Universal。Deal的内容是：

Universal Music, a unit of Vivendi, will receive a royalty on the Zune player in exchange for licensing its recordings for Microsoft’s new digital music service, the companies said.

Universal, which releases recordings from acts like U2 and Jay-Z, said it would pay half of what it receives on the device to its artists. The company is expected to receive more than $1 for each $250 device, according to executives who were briefed on the pact.

当然说起Zune，就少不了iPod:

The deal represents a big departure from the standard set by Apple Computer, which pays record companies for songs sold through its iTunes service but does not give them a cut of the sales of its hugely successful iPod.

简单说，就是Zune愿意从销售硬件的收入中给环球一定比例的分成，而iPod只给曲目的分成。而环球从中获得的收入一半是给签约它的艺术家的。给人直观的印象是微软很大方，支持版权保护，苹果很小气。而达成这种deal的前提是推定人们肯定会用播放器存储盗版音乐。这种有罪推定在我们这没什么大不了，在米国呢？微软为什么要支持这种不靠谱的强盗逻辑呢？

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