Re: iTunes protected content as only source

["Richard Boreham" <richard.boreham@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>> This is exactly why I will *never* own an Ipod or use Itunes,
give me a
>> real "MP3" player anyday. You effectively NEVER actually
own the music
>> you've bought, your just renting of them at a very extortionate
rate. If
>> I go out and buy the physical CD then I can rip it MP3 or play it
on
>> *any* CD player I choose etc. If I rip it MP3 and store on my PC
and the
>> PC blows up, I can simply rip it again. If, on the other hand, I
buy it
>> (with DRM) then it only plays on the m/c I've downloaded it on and
if
>> the file gets corrupt or deleted (or the PC blows up or gets
upgraded)
>> then you end up having to buy it again (this has happened to a
friend of
>> mine..). I wouldn't mind so much if the cost was significantly
cheaper
>> but it seems to me that buying the physical CD is far better value
for
>> money!
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>> </rant mode>
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>> Marcus
>
>Thing is, is there a "real" MP3 player that is as sexy as an
iPod Video an=
d
>does everything an iPod Video does (and ideally with an FM radio
too)...
>
>...I've long been tempted by an iPod - more so since the iPod Video
came
out
>- but it has been the lack of a radio (yes, I listen to radio) that has
pu=
t
>me off buying one (or the lack of a sexy alternative to the iPod
video).

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Well=85 there is a range of =93real=94 MP3 players that are as sexy and do
everything that the iPods do=85 They are, of course, iPods ;-)=20

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I use an iPod for mobile music and iTunes to load stuff onto it but
that=92=
s
about it.  All my music is ripped to MP3 at 320kbits for in-house
distribution and iTunes is pointed at that library so I use MP3 on the
iPod=
.
Interestingly, iTunes seems to work well as a podcast interface so I use
that to download podcasts and sync with the iPod.  I then point the house
audio at that library and easily and neatly have podcasts available for the
house.=20=20

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I never (and never will) use iTunes to buy music for all the reasons noted
about protection.  Still buy CDs (usually never more than about =A35-=A36
on-line) for all the reasons noted.=20=20

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Yes, it would be good to have radio on the iPod but maybe we will have to
wait for some form of a =91wireless network=92 version that will allow for
streamed radio!=20=20

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So=85 no need to reject the =91best=92 MP3 player (and ducks) out there
jus=
t
because of Apples on-line sales approach.  Oh, and, I=92ll probably keep on
using Windows too.  :-))=20

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Richard

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