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iTunes, One Billion Suckers Served?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the drm-ftw dept.

Thomas Hawk writes "Apple is out hyping their one billionth iTunes download today, but is building your music library in a format that could be obsolete in the future really the best strategy? Will the consumer once again have to someday replace their iTunes track just like they had to replace their LP, cassette, and CD only to get their music on their hot new non Apple mp3 phone of the future? "

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  1. Re:Not very likely by HairyCanary · · Score: 5, Interesting
    HYMN does not work on the latest Apple DRM.

    And despite the fact that people routinely say "everything gets cracked," there is evidence to contradict that. DRM is going to get "Good Enough" that for all practical purposes it will not be crackable.

  2. Re:you can backup all your itunes purchases by jrockway · · Score: 4, Interesting

    > Maybe your getting confused with the play protected songs on 5 authorized computers at a time?

    That's also easy to deal with. Backup your /Users/Shared/SC\ Info/SC\ Info.sidb. Deauthorize your computer. Replace the SC Info.sidb. Now you have authorized 0 of 5 computers but can still play the music.

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  3. Re:works half as well... by klez23 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You read my mind. I was honestly just thinking exactly that. I've lately been enjoying listening to LPs largely for the simplicity of it. Not only is it a simple process, but I also (mostly) understand what's going on with the whole set of devices I'm using.

    Also, many audio equipment manufacturers used to consider their craft an art, in that their goal was to provide a beautiful sound, rather than a necessarily "perfectly accurate" sound. Using equipment designed with that intention adds to my enjoyment of listening as well.