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Mac P2P Music Sharing with iTunes is Online

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the this-is-going-to-get-messy dept.

kraksmoka writes "Spymac.com has already found a way to take the new features of iTunes 4 to new heights. Today they opened up a new section on their site entitled Spymac Music, which is a database of shared iTunes libraries. Anyone who wants can submit their music library to be shared. Currently it sports a search engine capable of searching title, album and artist. " I wonder how long this will last.

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  1. As it was intended... by kaamos · · Score: 5, Informative

    ... This is simpely an extension of what was provided by apple : You can have ANYONE with iTunes 4 stream your music over if you wish to, they only made an online DB with it... Guess it's time I finally afforded a mac...

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    1. Re:As it was intended... by Oculus+Habent · · Score: 5, Informative

      Exactly. It's all streamed. There is copying or transferring. And realistically, there are physical limits on the ability of any one person to stream - bandwidth probably being the biggest.

      It's a chance to see what other people like, and maybe find something new to you.

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  2. Why this won't live longin the public as is by Lysol · · Score: 5, Informative

    There were already some posts about this here a few days back.

    I did try some other sites listed in those posts and I have to say that this is balancing on the dangerous zone. I could see the RIAA going after this specifically for that fact that there is little difference (if any), as far as they're concerned, with users 'broadcasting' stuff via iTunes vs. any other streamer.

    I will not be suprised to see a few things happen:

    1. all these public iTunes sharing sites will be shut down (or at least the biggest ones) via RIAA court orders
    2. most of these public iTunes sites will simply turn off due to bandwidth limitations
    3. Apple with either disable this feature in an update or publicly state that it is not meant for public sharing. Or some statement to that affect

    That said, coupled with Rendezvous on a local lan, this is a pretty kick ass feature. :)

  3. sahreitunes.com by subrama6 · · Score: 5, Informative

    something else along these lines came out a few days ago

    www.shareitunes.com

  4. Re:Apple promoting piracy? by Textbook+Error · · Score: 5, Informative

    The shared file feature only works for INTRANET LAN's using Rendezvous.

    Not quite - the discovery of servers on the local net is done with Rendezvous, but you can "share" (i.e., stream) music between any two IP addresses (if you're behind a firewall, you need to open port 3689).

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  5. You can NOT copy the files by Seth+Morabito · · Score: 5, Informative

    Repeat after me:

    You can't copy this files. It's streaming. It's not sharing in the sense of sharing files, it's sharing in the sense of sharing music that can be listened to only while the person sharing is online.

    You can NOT copy the files.

    Got it? You're not sharing files, you're sharing a playlist of streamable music, that's it. Person turns off sharing or goes offline, you can't play them. You can't copy them to your local disk. You just can't.

    You can NOT copy the files.

    So please do a little research before you jump all over this as music piracy. It's not a bug, it's a feature that Apple has proudly advertised.

    1. Re:You can NOT copy the files by Seth+Morabito · · Score: 5, Informative

      But it is magical! Because while you can easily get around it, iTunes is not automatically giving you permission to copy the files.

      I stick by my statement, "you can not copy the files", but I'd better modify it because everyone's missing the point. "You can copy the data, but you can't use iTunes to easily copy the files to your disk without jumping through some third party hoops." There, happy?

      You can use all sorts of hacks and workarounds and custom tools copy the stream and save it to your disk. But in all those cases you're working around the existing implementation.

      If I don't have a deadbolt on my door, just a handle lock, am I giving you permission to enter my home without asking me? You can come in a window, or jimmy the lock, or slide down the chimney, it doesn't matter, you're still breaking the law. The point is, Apple is not giving you an easy way to copy the files. If you want to break the law, you have to go out of your way to do it.

      Sheesh, nitpicky people.

  6. OH YES YOU CAN!!! by jzaw · · Score: 5, Informative

    as long as the iTunes share is not passworded
    then yes you can dl the mp3's directly from iTunes
    its basic but works ok and creates fully tagged mp3s
    queue up files

    google for "itunesdl" or "itdlgui"

    anyone who thinks that you cant ALREADY do this with iTunes ... didnt do their home work

    for testing purposes only ... ive done this from canada to the uk ... it defo works!

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