Mac P2P Music Sharing with iTunes is Online

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.

Comments

Re:Propaganda

[LordK2002]

Actually I believe the correct legal term is "copyright infringement". The use of the word "theft" is just propaganda from the record companies to make it sound more evil. There is no way that file sharing could be legally classed as "theft" under current law (in the UK, and presumably in the US as well) as it does not involve depriving anybody of material possessions.

Re:You can NOT copy the files

[CausticWindow]

Why do you think it's any more difficult to save anything you stream to disk, than it is to write anything to a disk?

Streaming isn't some kind of magic ritual. It's only packets arriving on your computer, just in time for you to play them.

Reminder: Sharing music is for personal use only

[DougM]

When you elect to share your music library within iTunes 4 a pop-up is displayed:

• Reminder: Sharing music is for personal use only

I don't know the legal definition of "personal use" but in these terms I would consider it to be about limiting streaming in much the same way you would limit distribution of your purchased CD collection.

I really like this feature and I thank Apple for treating its customers like grown-ups. I'd hate for abuse to force them into dropping it.

You're kidding, right?

[phillymjs]

Contrary to what the headline says this is NOT P2P, it's basically a client-server connection via iTunes-- so how the hell ELSE do you expect people to connect to a server if they don't have the IP or domain name, brainiac? This service is basically a message board for people to say, "Hey, check out my music library, it's at [address]."

You're also forgetting that these are all Macs running OS X we're talking about-- this is not the 'major security hole found every week' Windows crowd putting their boxes on a "Soon to be 0wn3d" list.

~Philly

Re:Bad Karma

[Mike Schiraldi]

Posting my iTunes Library URL to something like Spymac Music is like leaving my CD collection outside my house, with a sign that says "Copy Me"

No it's not; it's like leaving your CD collection outside your house with a sign that says, "Listen to me."

You know, like libraries do with books. Like was generally accepted as the norm from the start of civilization until about 100 years ago.

Re:Apple promoting piracy?

[Blic]

How is this any different than Winamp Shoutcast that has been around for years? If you go to shoutcast.com they have a listing of 4,000 streams you can listen to. Has the RIAA tried to bust them? Here's the legal bit they have up there if you're curious... http://www.shoutcast.com/download/broadcast.phtml# copyright