You're right that you can capture a stream, but you can capture *any other* legitimate steam (internet radio station) as well.
The average person is not going to bother doing either. The whole iTunes system is about compromises, not about making some ultra secure unpenetrable tightly DRM locked system.
The iTunes system is for the average person. The average person is NOT going to:
- log in to a kiddy site like Spymac (or any other site keeping a database of iTunes IPs)
- capture any sort of stream from somebody while they are online
all while
- hoping the person has the bandwidth to support a clean stream rip.
On another topic, somebody asked why the radio stations were asked to pay royalities w. their streaming. Weren't they making money indirectly from their streaming?
I'd like to know why everytime an alternative to MS is discussed, Linux is always the subject of conversation?
Macs are a far more feasible option for a desktop replacement for non-propellorhead types. Sure there are costs associated with migrating to the Mac, but there are costs associated with migrating to any platform. It can be argued that being Macintosh based is less costly than being Windows based.
I can see the argument that Linux would be an excellent server replacement, but a lot of these articles and conversations in here seem to revolve around "Linux for everyone".
A lot of the arguments against MS include security, viruses, etc. I don't understand why the subject of migrating to Macs isn't explored as often, as the Mac certainly addresses much of the justification of moving away from Windows.
I'm not being critical of Linux here, but let's get real: Linux is just not the desktop OS that Mac OS X is!
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You're right that you can capture a stream, but you can capture *any other* legitimate steam (internet radio station) as well. The average person is not going to bother doing either. The whole iTunes system is about compromises, not about making some ultra secure unpenetrable tightly DRM locked system. The iTunes system is for the average person. The average person is NOT going to: - log in to a kiddy site like Spymac (or any other site keeping a database of iTunes IPs) - capture any sort of stream from somebody while they are online all while - hoping the person has the bandwidth to support a clean stream rip. On another topic, somebody asked why the radio stations were asked to pay royalities w. their streaming. Weren't they making money indirectly from their streaming?
I'd like to know why everytime an alternative to MS is discussed, Linux is always the subject of conversation? Macs are a far more feasible option for a desktop replacement for non-propellorhead types. Sure there are costs associated with migrating to the Mac, but there are costs associated with migrating to any platform. It can be argued that being Macintosh based is less costly than being Windows based. I can see the argument that Linux would be an excellent server replacement, but a lot of these articles and conversations in here seem to revolve around "Linux for everyone". A lot of the arguments against MS include security, viruses, etc. I don't understand why the subject of migrating to Macs isn't explored as often, as the Mac certainly addresses much of the justification of moving away from Windows. I'm not being critical of Linux here, but let's get real: Linux is just not the desktop OS that Mac OS X is!
Do you have any idea how much it costs to produce a CD? Clearly not.