I agree, the user confusion could be a problem. Maybe it would help if Apple made it so that lossless files are only advertized on the iTunes Music Store when the appropriate checkbox is checked in iTunes' preferences.
Oh, and Apple added ALE to iTunes for the AirPort Express. So, I wouldn't read much else into it.
First off, where is a link to your music on the iTunes Music Store?
I definitely agree with your #1 point. If any artist wishes their music to be made available without restrictions place on it, Apple should honor that.
I think your #2 point is a bad idea. It increases confussion. I believe part of the reason that Apple's store is succeeding where the others are failing is because of the standardized pricing for each song.
And your #4 point is nice as well. I think Apple should allow artists to sell their music in a lossless format if the artist wants to. If this will cost Apple more money then the price could be higher to offset it -- but I doubt it would be a factor.
Look who maintains that page you linked to for Zero Conf, and then see who he works for. Apple was behind a lot of the Zero Conf work. See also the chief comparison of Zero Conf to Appletalk.
iChat has been using the Jabber protocol for their Rendezvous enabled chat since it was released. I keep hoping they'll support external Jabber servers too.
I mean it is related to their DRM because they restrict you from burning a playlist that is at least partially composed of Protected AAC files and would have to span discs. Itunes has no problem burning the same Protected AAC files that have to span discs as long as there is only one song in the playlist.
Here is an example:
Playlist A contains one 82 minute Protected AAC track. (82 minutes total)
Playlist B contains the same 82 minute Protected AAC track plus a 3 minute AAC track. (85 minutes total)
iTunes will burn Playlist A to two 80 minute CD-Rs. iTunes will restrict you from burning Playlist B.
That is Digital Restrictions Management at work. Does it make sense to you and I? No, that is why I'm complaining about it. Does it make sense to someone at Apple or the RIAA? Yes, that is why the restriction is there.
Of course it is releated to DRM. They can split up unprotected tracks perfectly well, and they can split up protected tracks perfectly well as long as you burn them one by one. It's not a technical problem, it's a restrictions problem.
The DRM, while not particularly inconvenient to me (I have a 20GB iPod) seems to be a great sticking point to others. I have never had the need to use my music on more than 3 computers simultaneously, and have never needed to burn a playlist so many times as to exceed the iTunes limit (and even then you can change the playlist and burn again)
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I agree, the user confusion could be a problem. Maybe it would help if Apple made it so that lossless files are only advertized on the iTunes Music Store when the appropriate checkbox is checked in iTunes' preferences.
Oh, and Apple added ALE to iTunes for the AirPort Express. So, I wouldn't read much else into it.
First off, where is a link to your music on the iTunes Music Store?
I definitely agree with your #1 point. If any artist wishes their music to be made available without restrictions place on it, Apple should honor that.
I think your #2 point is a bad idea. It increases confussion. I believe part of the reason that Apple's store is succeeding where the others are failing is because of the standardized pricing for each song.
And your #4 point is nice as well. I think Apple should allow artists to sell their music in a lossless format if the artist wants to. If this will cost Apple more money then the price could be higher to offset it -- but I doubt it would be a factor.
Dangermouse is the same guy that remixed Jay Z's Black album vocals with The Beatles's White album to form his own Grey album.
Shouldn't that be "congrats to Jobs for a well done Apple"?
Look who maintains that page you linked to for Zero Conf, and then see who he works for. Apple was behind a lot of the Zero Conf work. See also the chief comparison of Zero Conf to Appletalk.
iTunes doesn't use WebCore at all.
Don't you want to order an even number so you can have two attached to each computer? ;)
iChat has been using the Jabber protocol for their Rendezvous enabled chat since it was released. I keep hoping they'll support external Jabber servers too.
And are VESA mount compatible and have a much better stand than their previous ones with the crappy picture frame stand.
Here is an example:
- Playlist A contains one 82 minute Protected AAC track. (82 minutes total)
- Playlist B contains the same 82 minute Protected AAC track plus a 3 minute AAC track. (85 minutes total)
iTunes will burn Playlist A to two 80 minute CD-Rs. iTunes will restrict you from burning Playlist B.That is Digital Restrictions Management at work. Does it make sense to you and I? No, that is why I'm complaining about it. Does it make sense to someone at Apple or the RIAA? Yes, that is why the restriction is there.
The difference is that Microsoft didn't buy Id Software.
When is the Mac OS X release date? It was demoed on a Mac first, so maybe we'll get it a day ahead. :)
Yeah, but Quake had deathmatch that allowed people to drop in and out. In Duke Nukem, everyone had to be present at the start.
Yay consumerism!
It works with normal RGB projectors, not an old 8mm or slide projectors.
Nothing but the difficulty in manufacturing it.
The article says that it works with normal projectors.
I thought it was just once. And it was the efforts one only one of the provinces, not the country of Canada, right?
Everyone knows that McDonald's special sauce is Thousand Island dressing.