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Apple Begins Rolling Out iTunes Match With Audio Fingerprint to Apple Music Subscribers (loopinsight.com)
In May, Vellum's James shared an ordeal that many people were able to relate to. Apple Music had deleted music files from his computer. It's an issue that many of us have faced over the years. At the time, Apple noted that it didn't actually know what was causing this. But it appears, it has finally figured out the issue and patched it. Jim Dalrymple, reporting for The Loop: One of the biggest complaints about Apple Music over the past year was that it wouldn't properly match songs subscribers had in their existing iTunes libraries. That problem is being fixed by Apple. Apple has been quietly rolling out iTunes Match audio fingerprint to all Apple Music subscribers. Previously Apple was using a less accurate metadata version of iTunes Match on Apple Music, which wouldn't always match the correct version of a particular song. We've all seen the stories of a live version of a song being replaced by a studio version, etc. Using iTunes Match with audio fingerprint, those problems should be a thing of the past. If you had songs that were matched incorrectly using the metadata version of iTunes Match, the new version will rematch to the correct song. However, it will not delete any downloaded copies of songs you have in your library. This is a very good thing -- we don't want songs auto-deleting from our libraries.
Except that you DID authorize them in the EULA fine print to update, maintain and patrol your licensed works, not purchased, that you technically don't own. I am not sure being a non-apple person whether it is possible to disable the acquiring of licenses or updating of said authorizations as an option, as it is in the M$ media player. I keep my music on a disk not defined as part of my 'music library' to the program that I use to load my mp3 player and generally use VLC with no DRM enabled to play my music at home or on my network.
errr....umm...*whooosh* *whoosh* Is this thing on ?
You mean I could have cloned the CDDB database and downloaded every song in Apple's library by simply creating dummy files with the right headers and structs?
Interestingly, this is yet another reason to never buy DRM controlled music. Not only do you have to worry about all the usual problems with DRM schemes, you also have to pay attention to EULAs. Does the company have the right (not just the ability) to alter your content? In what ways? Have they modified the terms of the EULA since you signed up for it? NEVER BUY DRM CRIPPLED MUSIC, PEOPLE!
I am beginning to wonder if the Gun Nuts have the right idea...no, I am not in any way worried about the government becoming corrupt and needing to be overthrown. I ain't scared of the government. I am worried about the lawyers needing to be overthrown...
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It does seem like they fixed the wrong problem. It's not the fact that the matching was bad, it's that the app could delete music without user confirmation in the first place.
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It was a bug with the system. To violate the CFAA, it would have to have been maliciously or purposefully destroying his data. Apple sent engineers to the guys house to attempt to reproduce the issue and they weren't even able to reproduce it at the time.
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:-(
Oh wait, except they didn't. http://www.cultofmac.com/41399...
I like, many others, didn't say it was BS. I said the user was overly dramatic especially with that sensational title. Apple didn't "steal" his music as that implies that took possession of something that wasn't theirs. The user has purchased iTunes Match and used it to update/upgrade his music collection to a higher bit rate. In that process it identified some files as commercial music tracks that were his personal music files and proceeded to replace them with the commercial tracks. Also Apple never called him a liar. They said they didn't know exactly where in the process it went wrong and sent two engineers afterwards to look at his computer. And lastly, he was able to recover most of the files thanks to Time Machine (which is made by Apple)
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