As far as I'm concerned, once I buy something, it is *mine*, and I won't pay money for a production which the ex-owners are still attempting to control by proxy.
But you don't own it. You are licensing the rights to use it (within limits), but you do not own it.
Sorry, but a buck ain't enough money for full rights to do whatever you want with a music recording.
If you don't like the economics of the situation, then you've made a good decision to stay out of it. But don't stand on the sidelines and bitch about it, because those of us who understand how it works don't care what you think.
Music costs money to produce, and those involved in the production of it deserve to make a reasonable living for their efforts.
They agree to it because they don't have a choice when 5 companies have a cartel that controls radio and distribution and they only offer musicians a shitty cut.
Thus the very reason why iTunes is a good thing for musicians: Independent labels have exactly as much exposure as the big labels do on iTunes. Musicians don't have to sign with the "big 5" in order to get distribution.
As opposed to the Ferrari, which has an unlimited range? Given its gas consumption and small size, I wonder just how much more range the Ferrari has? Does anyone know?
I don't know, but I do know that you can 'recharge' the Ferrari in under 5 minutes.
Anyone have ANY reason to believe that the, gosh, well, ARTISTS that recorded these fine tunes will see ANY of the money that's changed hands in these fourteen million transactions??
Most likely they've already seen it. Remember those shiny new guitars, those flashy cars, those fancy tour busses? Who's money do you think they were spending?
Record companies are a version of loan sharks: They loan you baskets full of money and then hold all your paychecks until that money is repaid. It's the artist's fault if thy decide to spend the profits off their next 2 albums down at the Ferrari dealership.
Only lets you transfer your songs to an ipod with a format not supported by any other digital music player. WMA music files have more portable player support than that.
I figured that there were more mp3-capable portable players in the world than any other format.
Or is that not what you meant? Or maybe you were wrong, again.
Can someone please explain why a DRM riddled piece of software that prohibits you from transferring music you have paid for to another party is ok just because it was done by Apple?
MPEG-1 Audio layer 3 in an MPEG container is compatible with more handheld music players...
Fair enough, for now.
...than MPEG-4 Advanced Audio Codec in an Apple DRM container.
The DRM container is only there on music purchased through the iTMS. For music ripped from your own CDs (which is what that pref is for) there is no DRM.
Don't worry. None of us in the US use Sherlock either. This here IntarWeb thing does all that and more.
iTunes
That's not Apple. It's the record labels and random licensing that varies from country to country that keeps you furriners from buying music from the Apple Music Store.
iPhoto albums
Once again, that's not Apple. Apple doesn't make the albums. Another company that is wary of dealing with shipping, tariffs, etc. is the problem.
Apple does business overseas. That doesn't mean their 'partners' do.
I have never understood why Mac developers and users tolerate Apple screwing them over every couple of years. Say what you will about Microsoft, but they do spent enormous effort trying to avoid this problem on each release, and the effort shows in their market share.
Look at what you quoted again: while most of these will be recompiled in the next few months by their authors... It sounds like he's talking mostly about shareware/freeware apps, most of which are GUI hacks, probably. No wonder they stop working.
I've yet to see any commercial app broken by any of the incremental OSX upgrades.
Apple's not screwing anyone over. Don't want to upgrade? DON'T.
But God is with us regardless of whether or not we have the "under God" words in the Pledge.
Who's god? Yours is not with me. Mine are not with you.
But at this point removing those words--or ANY words--from the Pledge is like removing a few words from the Star Spangled Banner. Just don't touch it.
Our government makes mistakes. Sometimes those mistakes become apparent years later (Prohibition, etc.) Nothing wrong with reversing a mistake.
This is nothing like removing a few words from the Star Spangled Banner. No words requested by a special-interest group were ever added to the Star Spangled Banner.
Now if we could just get people to stop expecting me to stand up for miscellaneous Broadway showtunes and Country&Western songs (God Bless America and God Bless the USA) I'd feel we were getting somewhere.
When I went shopping for my CD player I brought along a Creed CD that I had played a lot for the previous year or so. When played through a decent cd player, there were nuances and details in the music that I had never heard before. It was noticeable, and not a subtle difference.
That explains quite a bit for me. Whenever anyone plays a Creed CD on their systems for me, I just hear Pearl Jam.
I replaced my dual monitor setup with an 20 inch Apple Cinema Display when I got my new G5...but I am finding myself missing the twin screens, even despite the size and aspect ratio of the gorgeous new screen...may have to find a way to get another Cinema...and a bigger desk!
That G5 came stock with 2 video outputs (the second one is DVI, and a VGA converter cable is included.) Grab one of your old monitors and use it as the second. They don't have to match at all, don't you know.
Ok, now I'm a guy who deals with audio equipment on a regular basis. This, of course, includes speakers. I have never, ever, heard of a speaker bracelet, and can't imagine why one would search for it.
As another guy who deals with audio equipment on a regular basis, I've decided I need to patent this "Speaker Bracelet" idea. It could be the next "Directional Audio Cable."
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Sorry, but a buck ain't enough money for full rights to do whatever you want with a music recording.
If you don't like the economics of the situation, then you've made a good decision to stay out of it. But don't stand on the sidelines and bitch about it, because those of us who understand how it works don't care what you think.
Music costs money to produce, and those involved in the production of it deserve to make a reasonable living for their efforts.
Of course, they get exactly $0 on songs traded 'illegally'.
However, many musicians get exposure they would never get in a brick-n-mortar store.
Well, there ya go.
I'm so confused now.
Record companies are a version of loan sharks: They loan you baskets full of money and then hold all your paychecks until that money is repaid. It's the artist's fault if thy decide to spend the profits off their next 2 albums down at the Ferrari dealership.
Or is that not what you meant? Or maybe you were wrong, again.
Blame the record companies, not Apple.
Now then, what was your problem again?
I've yet to see any commercial app broken by any of the incremental OSX upgrades.
Apple's not screwing anyone over. Don't want to upgrade? DON'T.
This is nothing like removing a few words from the Star Spangled Banner. No words requested by a special-interest group were ever added to the Star Spangled Banner.
Now if we could just get people to stop expecting me to stand up for miscellaneous Broadway showtunes and Country&Western songs (God Bless America and God Bless the USA) I'd feel we were getting somewhere.
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The unrestricted 'grant' money is quite nice, though.
(Three people will get the joke.)
(If people will pay $1000 for a fancy IEC power cable, why not just take their money?)