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Brown · 27-02-2006, 18:12

i like this.

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So who owns the music anyway? You or them? They do. You bought nothing. You bought the right to play their song on their product.

http://thomashawk.com/2006/02/itunes...rs-served.html

Dusteh · 27-02-2006, 18:25

My thoughts exactly.

pgo · 27-02-2006, 20:53

Fucking. A.

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Originally Posted by He's Hit the Nail on the Head

Personally I've never bought an iTune and I don't own an iPod. I think Apple's DRM is awful and represents a major step back for us all. I think those that are investing in iTune digital libraries are suckers. You are basically betting that Apple's proprietary DRM laced format will be the standard for the rest of your life.

stickmus · 28-02-2006, 08:21

I agree with this guy's response:

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Most of what you say is correct, or arguably correct, but my iPod only contains MP3s without DRM, mostly ripped from my own CDs. I don't like the iTunes store either - doesn't preclude me from owning and enjoying an iPod.

smallbeer · 28-02-2006, 08:45

Although he said he didn't own one, I don't think he said anything bad about owning and enjoying an ipod did he?

Stickman · 28-02-2006, 09:05

No.

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I think those that are investing in iTune digital libraries are suckers.

Its about buying from iTunes.

Mr Fred · 28-02-2006, 10:01

i do it.

smallbeer · 28-02-2006, 10:07

i do it in the shower.

Brown · 28-02-2006, 11:04

that comment about buring itunes files to cd and then ripping as non-drm'd mp3s is a load of shit. i tried it in the past and the result is worse than listening to a warped 78.

cam · 28-02-2006, 11:53

CD's all the way. I bought 9 on Sunday afternoon - I blame guilt for downloading so much

pgo · 28-02-2006, 13:48

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Originally Posted by Brown

that comment about buring itunes files to cd and then ripping as non-drm'd mp3s is a load of shit. i tried it in the past and the result is worse than listening to a warped 78.

Yeah, I brought this subject up with a friend and he said, "You know you can rip a DRM file to MP3, right? Why you hatin'!"

I don't know that that's true, but I just said - why should I pay for something that's essentially the same price as a song on a higher quality CD and already in a lossy format and re-compress it into another lossy format when I could just go one step - CD to variable bitrate MP3?

Sigh, fanboys.

cam · 28-02-2006, 16:27

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Originally Posted by pgo

Why you hatin'!

did he really say that?

Dusteh · 28-02-2006, 18:05

The basic laws of compression make it obvious that ripping a lossy mp3 to a CD, and then ripping it back isn't going to magically make that mp3 higher quality... if anything you will lose more of the original recording in the process as the software distorts the original levels.

Bloody feckless i-tunes users.

pgo · 28-02-2006, 19:01

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Originally Posted by cam

did he really say that?

Yes.

Mac users.

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Dusteh Sir digby chicken caesar Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 4,306	My thoughts exactly.

28-02-2006, 08:45	#5 (permalink)
smallbeer I Ain't Losing Any Sleep™ Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 5,240	Although he said he didn't own one, I don't think he said anything bad about owning and enjoying an ipod did he?

28-02-2006, 10:01	#7 (permalink)
Mr Fred Magazines™ Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Glasgow.. Posts: 11,344	i do it.

28-02-2006, 10:07	#8 (permalink)
smallbeer I Ain't Losing Any Sleep™ Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 5,240	i do it in the shower.

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Brown volkswagen yellow & gold Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: london, england. Posts: 6,215	that comment about buring itunes files to cd and then ripping as non-drm'd mp3s is a load of shit. i tried it in the past and the result is worse than listening to a warped 78.

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cam vague™ Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Glasgow Posts: 5,335	CD's all the way. I bought 9 on Sunday afternoon - I blame guilt for downloading so much

28-02-2006, 18:05	#13 (permalink)
Dusteh Sir digby chicken caesar Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 4,306	The basic laws of compression make it obvious that ripping a lossy mp3 to a CD, and then ripping it back isn't going to magically make that mp3 higher quality... if anything you will lose more of the original recording in the process as the software distorts the original levels. Bloody feckless i-tunes users.

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