Comments on: iTunes Plus replaces DRM with paranoia

By: SBL – Video tagging

SBL – Video tagging — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 08:41:44 +0000

Thanks for a post about iTunes Plus …
Regards,
SBL – Video tagging

By: MkII

MkII — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:13:28 +0000

“Tagging my music files with my name is a blatant disregard for my privacy, no matter how hard I try to hold onto my files”

…Just how hard is it to hold onto your files? Do you share music with others in your sleep?

Apple is completely within their legal rights and justified in this action.

By: HMCIV

HMCIV — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:18:03 +0000

AAC is not an apple proprietary format. DRM free AAC works on any decent music player from SanDisk, Sony, even Zunes.

BTW if you’re a really an audiophile you’re not using CDs, you’re using vinyl. There’s a reason why records are still printed today.

By: DavidB

DavidB — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:20:44 +0000

Invasion of privacy? Hilarious. Don’t share your files!

By: a non e mous

a non e mous — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:57:16 +0000

No audiophile truly worth the title would ever have their collection based in iTunes, for the simple reason that the quality of sound reproduction typical of Itunes, and compressed digital audio in general, is appallingly bad by audiophile standards.

Don’t ever let Apple’s hype about iTunes or the iPod ever blind you to the fact that 128kb digital sound is vastly inferior to CD quality. Even higher bit rates like 320kb still run distant second to CDs.

(I know it is a small nitpick largely unrelated to the story, but as an audiophile myself, I would like to see the term applied appropriately).