iTunes is going to change the world...
Thursday, October 16, 2003 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News
Well iTunes is out and boy is it cool. I've used it on the Mac for quite awhile but seeing it on Windows really brings it into the mainstream.
If you haven't tried it yet, I highly recommend giving iTunes a try. The excuse to pirate music is over. At 99 cents a song and seamless integration with CD burning, purchasing, and downloading, it makes dealing with music a snap.
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dansin
Reply #42 Sunday, October 19, 2003 8:47 AM
Reply #42 Sunday, October 19, 2003 8:47 AM
Change the world? Excuse for pirating music is over? I don't think so... it's a great player and I like it, but the store only works in US for heaven's sake and they don't seem to plan opening in europe (or elsewhere) in the near future so this might change the world if your idea of world is the USA... for us in EU, the excuse for pirating music is still alive and kicking.
Don't get me wrong... I have nothing against paying for music downloads... but what the hell am I supposed to do when the service is unavailable for me?
Don't get me wrong... I have nothing against paying for music downloads... but what the hell am I supposed to do when the service is unavailable for me?
cambion
Reply #43 Sunday, October 19, 2003 1:25 PM
Reply #43 Sunday, October 19, 2003 1:25 PM
Pardon my typos in my earlier post 
I believe what many who dislike the service are having a problem with is as much the principle involved as the physical implementation of the service.
However, there is a silver lining here - I have found a great use for Itunes:
I can preview a track on Itunes, then surf over to Duffelbag.com or drive to my local independent music store and buy the CD based on liking the preview tracks! Or just queue it up in **** free file sharing app...
The silly thing about all this is that anyone CAN burn the tracks to CD and then use another app to rerip them to MP3, then manually enter the tag information... but why would I bother? Before I'll do all that, I'll simply download a high-quality MP3 for free from one of the many file-sharing networks out there, or just buy and rip the dang CD. Less hassle, less typing.
Again, it's simply an end-user choice: if you buy music from Itunes, you are agreeing to purchase something that the seller effectively limits your use of. For a variety of reasons, I choose to not purchase such a product. Of course, the ethics of every choice of action I have detailed here are questionable... but we are dealing with the real world here...
And the argument can be made that Itunes PROMOTES music piracy by letting me listen to music, find that I like it, and with literally 3 mouse clicks go get it for free, all from my desktop.
Go figure
I believe what many who dislike the service are having a problem with is as much the principle involved as the physical implementation of the service.
However, there is a silver lining here - I have found a great use for Itunes:
I can preview a track on Itunes, then surf over to Duffelbag.com or drive to my local independent music store and buy the CD based on liking the preview tracks! Or just queue it up in **** free file sharing app...
The silly thing about all this is that anyone CAN burn the tracks to CD and then use another app to rerip them to MP3, then manually enter the tag information... but why would I bother? Before I'll do all that, I'll simply download a high-quality MP3 for free from one of the many file-sharing networks out there, or just buy and rip the dang CD. Less hassle, less typing.
Again, it's simply an end-user choice: if you buy music from Itunes, you are agreeing to purchase something that the seller effectively limits your use of. For a variety of reasons, I choose to not purchase such a product. Of course, the ethics of every choice of action I have detailed here are questionable... but we are dealing with the real world here...
And the argument can be made that Itunes PROMOTES music piracy by letting me listen to music, find that I like it, and with literally 3 mouse clicks go get it for free, all from my desktop.
Go figure
PixelCargo
Reply #44 Sunday, October 19, 2003 3:41 PM
Reply #44 Sunday, October 19, 2003 3:41 PM
What happends when they start putting chips in our brains? Next thing you know you wont need a recording studio you just generate it and share it. therefore lets get out of the stone age and start making music free , use money for nanotechnologie devellopement instead 
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bunnyking
Reply #45 Monday, October 20, 2003 9:46 AM
Reply #45 Monday, October 20, 2003 9:46 AM
i think i will stick with downloading from the usenet, and burning my own cds.
jtfolden
Reply #46 Tuesday, October 21, 2003 2:50 AM
Reply #46 Tuesday, October 21, 2003 2:50 AM
To someone up above who said you can only burn a purchased song to CD 10 times... this is absolutely untrue. The reality is that you can only burn a specific playlist of purchased songs 10 times. However, move the songs around and then you can burn it another 10 times, etc... it's nothing more than plastic-wrapper thin protection to keep people from mass producing a "CD".
I really don't think that anyone is going to come along with an online music store that has LESS copyright protection than what iTunes offers. No one is going to sell MP3's that one person can buy and then copy to 100 friends.
btw, mormegil, sorry to hear you don't like your Dual G4. I just purchased a new 'close-out' Dual G4 1.42 and am very pleased. Well, other than the fact that I wish it looked like my old G4 Cube.
I really don't think that anyone is going to come along with an online music store that has LESS copyright protection than what iTunes offers. No one is going to sell MP3's that one person can buy and then copy to 100 friends.
btw, mormegil, sorry to hear you don't like your Dual G4. I just purchased a new 'close-out' Dual G4 1.42 and am very pleased. Well, other than the fact that I wish it looked like my old G4 Cube.
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Reply #41 Saturday, October 18, 2003 5:42 PM
most albums are 9.99, regardless of how many tracks are on the album. there are a few exceptions, such as if there are less than 10 tracks, then it's 99 cents per song still. You can play these files on 3 computers, 2 ipods, and burn unlimited cds of the tracks..
I'm no apple zealot, but i'm glad they've brought iTunes to the PC. No one has mentioned the sharing music aspect.. if you are on a network, you can share your music over the network (other people stream, not download) off your computer.. here at college we have about 15 different shares open to us with more growing as more people discover itunes.. itunes is great