Windows Program Enables MP3 Downloading From iTunes

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.

Comments

Apple: Uh...

[TwistedGreen]

Is that supposed to happen?

hype?

[Mudcathi]

From the article:Only unencrypted MP3 files are easily captured and copied using the MyTunes software, however. Songs purchased from Apple's iTunes store, which are protected by the company's proprietary digital rights management technology, do not work with Zeller's software.

Sounds like a bit of overhype in the headline to this article.

Bad and good

[erroneus]

Music sharing BAD
Music buying GOOD

Are we clear on this?

Here's what the Developer had to say

[greenstork]

MyTunes developer name: billzeller my username: greenstork Here's the link, this is what the developer had to say in the Macrumors forum:

Re:Something's not right...

[Anthony Boyd]

Then he says, down at the bottom, something of a "disclaimer" which, although I am not a legal specialist, does not sound like it has any legitimacy:

Actually, that disclaimer strikes me as a smart move. He's encouraging legal uses, and since there really ARE legal uses for such software, he's bound to attract it. Especially the way he's presenting the product. And by additionally linking to the RIAA, he can in good faith (I think) go into any courtroom and realistically tell a judge that his product has substantial legal uses, is not primarily devoted to illegal activities, and that he has taken active steps to portray the product in a responsible manner. Although I've not looked over the actual laws, I do believe there is a law that would protect his product because it has "non-infringing" uses.