http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/01/06/ituneful Comments On: iTuneful by Dan Savage en-us Copyright 2009 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:15:00 -0800 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Lauren]]> Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:57:56 -0800 The Stranger Posted by music nerd]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:37:00 -0800 The Stranger
@19&21 thanks for injecting tiny glimmers of reality into the wasteland. DRM wasn't Apple's idea, its forced on them. The next battleground is video. Note that one of the big reasons for the Blu-ray format push is that the studios fantasize about eventually obsoleting DVDs which are easy and inexpensive to copy.

Note that iTunes tracks are in the superior AAC audio codec, not MP3 (which is technically "MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3", part of a long-abandoned ancient and inferior codec developed in the late 1980s). If you really want to, you can use iTunes to convert your AAC tracks to MP3, like if you need to create an MP3 audio CD.

Creative sources of music CDs to borrow and rip might be your friends, etc (*cough* Seattle Public Library *cough*)

If you can stand streaming music, I love Pandora.com
Posted by MarkyMark]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:03:42 -0800 The Stranger Posted by My name here]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:21:21 -0800 The Stranger
I love iTunes (read: I'm lazy, plus I prefer not to steal). I hate DRM. This pleases me.
Posted by violet_dagrinder]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:32:31 -0800 The Stranger Posted by dumbasses]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:17:47 -0800 The Stranger Posted by bluh?]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:47:51 -0800 The Stranger
Friends don't let friends do DRM.

Ever.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:12:13 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Greg]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:58:29 -0800 The Stranger Posted by myspace music = free rhapsody]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:55:24 -0800 The Stranger
No copy protection required, no Record Industry wonk will ever be able to know, and vinyl purists will tell you - the sound is much much better (if you treat the record well).
Posted by Methuselah on wax]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:50:23 -0800 The Stranger
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/ap…
Posted by Rob]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:48:41 -0800 The Stranger
I do find it interested that the NYT and Dan entirely and unquestionly echo Apple's spin on this: mentioning the price cuts but not the price increases, and not mentioning that Jobs had previously taken a stance against tierd pricing. I doubt similiar moves by less hip companies would get similiarly favorable treatment.
Posted by David Wright]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:41:56 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Greg]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:38:43 -0800 The Stranger Posted by N]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:37:16 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Not buying it]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:32:58 -0800 The Stranger Posted by I really really love it]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:31:38 -0800 The Stranger Posted by I really really love it]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:29:25 -0800 The Stranger Posted by the library, still DRM-free]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:26:14 -0800 The Stranger So for the cost of a Rhapsody subscription...

Yeah, subscribing to my music collection sounds so appealing.
Posted by stinkbug]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:22:10 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Urgutha Forka]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:21:04 -0800 The Stranger Posted by seattle98104]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:17:20 -0800 The Stranger
So for the cost of a Rhapsody subscription where I can listen to an unlimited number of CDs, you can listen to 2.

No thanks.

DRM wins and the people who oppose it want to sell overpriced mp3 files.
Posted by DRM wins]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:09:41 -0800 The Stranger
of course, i steal all my music, thank you very much. fuck itunes.
Posted by taint]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:09:39 -0800 The Stranger