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The so-called Apple music monopoly
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 02:07:26 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Ole Jacobsen <ole () cisco com> Date: May 22, 2006 8:26:25 PM EDT To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: The so-called Apple music monopoly Reply-To: Ole Jacobsen <ole () cisco com> A lot has been written about how you can "only" buy music for the iPod from Apple's iTunes Music Store, see for example:http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/22/technology/business2_launchpad0522/ index.htm
This, and most stories of its kind, completely misses the fact that youcan put ANY MP3 file from ANY source on your iPod, and it also misses the
fact that you can convert any CD to MP3 using the iTunes (player, not Music Store) software. It is true that Apple has special DRM attached to the files you do buy from their music store (they use a non-MP3 encoding also), but nobody is forcing you to spend money in this way. It is also true that you need iTunes in order to copy the music from your computer to the iPod(third-party hacks nothwithstanding). But iTunes is a free download which
runs on both the Mac and the PC.The net is full of (legally) free MP3 files, MP3 files for a fee (such as audio books from audible.com), and of course there are millions of CDs to
buy that can be converted and put on your iPod. Why does the press insist on propagating this myth? Ole Ole J. Jacobsen Editor and Publisher, The Internet Protocol Journal Cisco Systems Tel: +1 408-527-8972 GSM: +1 415-370-4628 E-mail: ole () cisco com URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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