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Apple Releases iTunes 4.6

Posted by timothy on from the what's-this-itunes-thing dept.

sinclair44 writes "Apple has released iTunes 4.6. The new version 'includes support for playing your music wirelessly using AirPort Express with AirTunes. It also includes a number of other minor enhancements.' The update is also available in Mac OS X's Software Update."

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  1. Re:Other minor enhancements? by iguanarama · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'd place good money on there being changes that support the upcoming UK/European version of iTMS rumoured to be announced next week.

  2. Re:Disables Hymn-ed songs? by Abjifyicious · · Score: 4, Insightful
    I can confirm this. I have some songs where I stripped the DRM with an older version of Hymn, and they work fine. Songs that I stripped with the newer version of Hymn however, don't work.

    I'm not quite sure why Apple did this. The reason the new version of Hymn leaves all the tags in is to discourage piracy, but I imagine the next version will probably revert to stripping all tags out. It seems like Apple is not only going to be pissing off a lot of people by doing this, but they're also going to be making piracy easier in the long term.

  3. Re:Disables Hymn-ed songs? by platypussrex · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm not quite sure why Apple did this.

    My guess is that in order to keep the RIAA happy, Apple has to "fix" FairPlay anytime a drm-breaking scheme comes up. No matter that what you said makes perfect sense, you have to remember we are talking RIAA here, and making sense doesn't seem to be in their playbook.

  4. Re:AirTunes coming to your home theatre soon by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In case you haven't noticed it, the new iTunes has support for trailers, an although this is just a small departure from their current feature set, I bet they are just fine tuning the backend technology to support a full video on-demand service. In a few months, you'll be using iTunes to buy a movie for $9.99 and stream it to your Airport Express II to watch it in your own home theatre. I can't wait.
    Originally posted here.

  5. Re:Yes, it does.. here's how to fix: by MoneyT · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Frankly, this was an *extremely* stupid move by Apple. What's the point?

    Good relations with the RIAA. iTMS dies without the RIAA. Period, end of story. If Apple doesn't at least play by a basic set of rules, the RIAA will roll up and move to another service even more restrictive and iTMS dies.

    So which would you rather? Having to remove a tag, or having no iTMS to begin with?

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