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Thread ID: 79738 2007-05-30 11:06:00 New iTunes DRM Free update now available winmacguy (3367) PC World Chat
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554534 2007-06-02 03:38:00 I'll rather listen to 70's/80's/90's music. And listen to people / groups, who can actually SING.

I have a reasonable amount of 70's-90's music in my collection from CDs. I do enjoy a lot of the recent NZ bands like Fat Freddy's drop, Evermore, Brooke Fraser, Pluto, Blindspott just to name a few. Of course a lot of that is also available on iTunes @128k. Hopefully we will start to see it as DRM free stuff.

I have a few INXS classics as well as Queen, The Cars, Icehouse, Police etc. I have a rather eclectic collection of around 3000 tracks.
winmacguy (3367)
554535 2007-06-02 03:57:00 This is interesting too
Apple sneaks Convert to Apple TV into iTunes
Following a trend started with its surreptitious introduction of an “Export to Apple TV” feature to QuickTime, Apple has quietly added a similar feature to iTunes 7.2: “Convert Selection for Apple TV.”

Like iTunes’ previous Convert Selection for iPod feature, Convert Selection for Apple TV offers one-click conversion of a video file into a resolution and video format compatible with one of Apple’s digital media devices. The difference is that the Apple TV converter produces high-resolution files with resolutions up to 1280x720 (720P), creating videos that will not play on current iPods, but look comparatively spectacular on HDTVs.

After Converting for Apple TV, you can then re-convert the file into iPod format later if you prefer. As with the QuickTime conversion tools, each process takes some time, but is guaranteed to yield a compatible file.
ilounge.com
winmacguy (3367)
554536 2007-06-02 11:07:00 "Apple has for a long time included a customer's name and e-mail address within song files purchased from iTunes. But the personal information was encrypted. On Wednesday, the company launched iTunes Plus, a service that features music without controversial copy-protection software. In these songs, names and e-mail addresses were unencrypted, according to Fred von Lohmann, an EFF attorney. He pointed out that data could easily be compromised if an iPod is lost or stolen."

More here:

news.com.com
zqwerty (97)
554537 2007-06-02 13:16:00 email addresses? ooooh baaad idea motorbyclist (188)
554538 2007-06-02 13:19:00 Shouldn't really be a problem if your not sharing stuff. winmacguy (3367)
554539 2007-06-02 14:05:00 yes, but i don't think the general public will appreciate that. sounds like a bad PR move motorbyclist (188)
554540 2007-06-02 23:10:00 yes, but i don't think the general public will appreciate that. sounds like a bad PR move

I'll let you know when Apple sells it's next billion songs online in 1 years time. They currently sell songs at a rate of about 53 a second 24/7.
winmacguy (3367)
554541 2007-06-03 04:33:00 "There's been scuttlebutt on the Internets over the last few days over the revelation that Apple embeds your iTunes Store ID in the new DRM-free tracks it's selling. It's true, the info is right there. (And if you want to see it, there's a much easier method than the Unix grep command TUAW suggests. Just right click a track and select "Get Info""

blog.wired.com
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