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  • May 19, 2006
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  • "Question: will AP Express serve music from Safari or other internet browsers?" From what I have seen and read, only iTunes will stream to the speakers attached to the AirPort Express. SO if your iTunes is playing on the AE all other audio still comes out the built in sound system (Or what ever the setting is in System Preferences -> Sound)
    Tony T had this to say on Jun 10, 2004 Posts: 19
    Airport Express Falls Short
  • JeffyC: I travel for business, a portable wireless base station is quite attractive. It's a multipurpose device.
    Tony T had this to say on Jun 09, 2004 Posts: 19
    Airport Express Falls Short
  • "Airport Express is merely a streaming device." It is an 802.11g wireless bridge with an AirPort Extreme base station. It is an 802.11g access point for up to 10 computers. "Want to stream songs to multiple machines that are playing are different songs? " If by machines you mean computers then the other computers that you want to stream to can have iTunes installed and listen to any published play list. The AirPort Express allows you to stream to a set of powered speakers or a stereo without an additional computer. You are correct about the lack of a "remote" control.
    Tony T had this to say on Jun 09, 2004 Posts: 19
    Airport Express Falls Short
  • One thought on why it will be a while before we see ITMS music sample quality improve. Battery life. Higher sample rates impact the battery life performance of the iPod. Apple will be slow to sell music that makes the iPod look bad. I think this will be the limiting factor rather than bandwidth or file size.
    Tony T had this to say on May 12, 2004 Posts: 19
    Not Good: Jobs Changes The iTunes Rules
  • Mega bonus double coupon points :) Personally I hop between ITMS and Amazon, I don't have much time to go to retail shops so I make purchases based upon price and potential use/quality of the music (for pop music I don't mind the AAC format). Thanks for the discussion and logical consistency.
    Tony T had this to say on May 08, 2004 Posts: 19
    Not Good: Jobs Changes The iTunes Rules
  • Jeff M, If the contract on the ITMS is so onerous, so unconstitutional, then why do you shop there?
    Tony T had this to say on May 08, 2004 Posts: 19
    Not Good: Jobs Changes The iTunes Rules
  • Nathan, Excellent points. Wow, could your comment about people being "digitally spoiled" set me off on a rant :)
    Tony T had this to say on May 07, 2004 Posts: 19
    Not Good: Jobs Changes The iTunes Rules
  • As I head off to the airport... It' 1975 you feel cool, got a couple of bucks in your pocket. You buy an 8-track player and a bunch of 8-tracks. 1978 (or whenever it was) comes along. You can't buy another 8-track player or anymore 8-tracks. Do you cease owning the 8-tracks and the music? Or did you never own them? Did the ability to play them in the previously purchased 8-track player cease on the day manufacturing stopped? What obligation exists between you and the 8-track player manufacturer?
    Tony T had this to say on May 07, 2004 Posts: 19
    Not Good: Jobs Changes The iTunes Rules
  • > how do you define ownership? Tough one, I'll try to keep it brief (which probably means it's wrong :) Possession, possession of legal title, or being held responsible for. > If another party can continue to dictate > the terms of your use of a thing in perpetuity, > then in what way then do you actually own a > thing? Does the government tell you where and how you can drive your car? Mandate insurance? Change the rules of ownership or fees to be paid? Do you belong to a homeowners or condo association who dictate the way a property can be maintained? The list goes on and on. I'll repeat again in case you missed it earlier. Music I purchased previously from the ITMS will still work with iTunes 4.2 under the old Terms of Service. I am bound only by the terms that I agree to. But I do not claim that if a term is present, and I find it distasteful that it is not to be followed. I would not click on agree aand not use the service or SW. Law can be superceeded by contract. Is it "legal" to say you can not paint your house bright blue? Nope. But a contract with a homeowners association can prohibit it and impose penalties if you do. I do believe that the "click to agree" conracts have held up in court, most recently in the various adware clients users do not realize they installed on their Windows machines. Aside: As for the loss of liner notes (etc.), that reminds me of the migration from LP to CD where some mourned the loss of "true" album cover art dure to reduced size.
    Tony T had this to say on May 07, 2004 Posts: 19
    Not Good: Jobs Changes The iTunes Rules
  • Jeff, I contend that I do own my music, regardless of the status of iTunes development or changes in licensing. You disagree. Apple is not enforcing federal statute. Apple is abiding by the contracts that it has signed with the record companies. To distribute music with a licensing scheme and distribution controls. I do not doubt that there are limits to contract law, but to just say that you don't like them, or did not read them and that therefore the contract is void will not hold up in court either :) Your attempt at analogy with "text" fails in that you are not purchasing the music in a manner devoid of security. You know that the files sold on the ITMS have a security wrapper. A better analogy is if you bought a speech in a "secure" PDF.... I'll let you work the analogy further :)
    Tony T had this to say on May 06, 2004 Posts: 19
    Not Good: Jobs Changes The iTunes Rules
  • > My question is simple: Why? > Why is the Copyright Act not good enough? 1) Because the Copyright Act has proven insufficient to restrict the illegal distribution of mp3 files created from CDs purchased under protection of the copyright act. 2) Because the record companies, who control/own the music would not allow Apple to sell the music without stronger protection. IMO Apple is much more lenient towards copyright protection than the RIAA (look at how Apple sells OS X and OS X Family packs on a pure "honor" basis for proof) So to place the blame on Apple seems incorrect.
    Tony T had this to say on May 06, 2004 Posts: 19
    Not Good: Jobs Changes The iTunes Rules
  • I probably won't agree with all the changes in the future, as I have not agreed with all changes in the past. I've been "burned", by Apple and others, on these types of agreements. I have a Newton 2000. Apple exercised their right to stop development and the Newt is still working to this day. Jeff, you asserted that the changes were "willy nilly", and I asked if you saw no positive intent. Could you answer the question? Also consider that Apple is also under contract with the record labels. They have far more leverage than the individual ITMS consumer and can afford better lawyers. I believe that Apple is trying to negotiate the best deal possible for us, within the constraints that they need to make a profit (selling iPods).
    Tony T had this to say on May 06, 2004 Posts: 19
    Not Good: Jobs Changes The iTunes Rules
  • Wisdom? IMO. Very wise. It was an improvement to the service.
    Tony T had this to say on May 06, 2004 Posts: 19
    Not Good: Jobs Changes The iTunes Rules
  • Point taken about the registration of a computer, assuming that you are changing the 'status quo' from the machine used to purchase the music (or that had been previously been authorized). Right now the machine I am using is not permanently connected to the net and I have no problem playing purchsed music when it is off the 'net. OK, I can accept your saying you "do not agree" and "did not agree". Good luck, and I hope you find a good lawyer. Oxhead, I am not sure of the exact mechanisms used to verify that a computer is licensed so I do not know if your scenario would work, I suspect that it would not as a "cheat" would be to clone the disk image of an authorized computer to a non-authorized computer. Considering that the "authorization" is for the Computer (and not the boot/disk) is that really a dupe? (Since all that you need to do is deauthorize the "old" computer and authorize the "new" one.). I am not advocating "Letter of the Law", but rather "Informed Consent". We agreed to a contract and we signed up to it (and we were under no coercion) to then act surprised and indignant when they are doing what they reserved the right to do seems... odd. I strongly recommend everyone get very familiar with all the rights that a person can sign away with voluntary contracts. It's not just Apple, do you have a credit card? Banks change their terms of service on those quite often.
    Tony T had this to say on May 05, 2004 Posts: 19
    Not Good: Jobs Changes The iTunes Rules
  • as for the quoted section "b" 1) If you don't agree then why did you click on the "I agree" button? 2) Apple could shut down ITMS today, stop development and distribution of iTunes tomorrow, and stop making iPods the day after that and your music files would be just fine. Much akin to having an 8-track and 8-track player but still just fine and playable.
    Tony T had this to say on May 05, 2004 Posts: 19
    Not Good: Jobs Changes The iTunes Rules