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Windows Program Enables MP3 Downloading From iTunes

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the not-just-for-macs-anymore dept.

Joey Patterson writes "CNET reports that an independent software developer has released a program called MyTunes that allows people to share and download each other's MP3s on a network via iTunes." This is very much like a Mac program I saw a while back called itunesdl, which allowed one to download MP3s from friends who were sharing their playlists, exactly as MyTunes claims to do.

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  1. Re:Misleading Headline by Spyky · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Furthermore, if you put up a Kazaa share or a Windows file share or an FTP server full of MP3s, I can grab music just as quick as my bandwidth and your bandwidth will allow. With MyTunes, at best I can grab music from your iTunes share as fast as I can listen too it.

    It would take someone 9 days to copy all of the songs out of my iTunes library. This further separates iTunes music sharing from file-sharing services.

    -Spyky

  2. The loser: Me by Therlin · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Great. Pretty soon Apple will disable this option and I will not be able to use iTunes simple zero-conf mp3 sharing. I loved opening my iTunes from another computer and listen to my songs. The loser: Me.

    In the meanwhile all the kiddies will keep using Kazaa to get their songs.