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Endgadget reports that premium HBO content is coming to iTunes so I’d expect to see the Amazon prices for Season Box Sets to drop. Even at the premium price of $2.99 compared to iTune’s previous standard flat fee of $1.99 it’s still a bargain compared to fifty bucks for a complete season on DVD.

I am not sure how many episodes there are, but I read somewhere there are eighty-five episodes of The Sopranos and at $2.99 that would be less than buying the complete season box set from Amazon.

But it’s too bad about the whole iPod restriction on playing media on other devices you may own. You can watch iTunes video on you TV… if you have an Apple TV or some such crap. I can’t believe people really buy into that scam but what do I know. For convenience and flexibility it seems like having the DVD would be worth paying a little extra.

Here’s the deal with me. I don’t want all this copy protection bullshit. I buy a movie I want to watch it whenever I want. I want to rip it to my computer, just like I did with all my music CD’s, and watch it from where ever I want, whenever I want. If I happen to be in Islamabad I want to be able to log onto my network from the hotel room and download Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan, or Mad Max, or Lonesome Dove, or whatever strikes my fancy. Why should I ever have to buy a movie from a hotel service when I have 500 movies in my personal library (I don’t have that many yet, but I’m working on it.)

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Bob Hezzelwood was kicked off Bonita beach for his skimpy swimsuit

“It frightens me and embarrasses me to go public with it. But by the same token, I don’t know what else to do,” Hezzelwood told The Naples News. “I’m a civilian out here who’s been picked on by a little bully deputy and that’s wrong. It’s just wrong.”

Yes it is, Bob. Yes it is.

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