Re: Re: iTunes protected content as only source

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

'wondered what format people use for music ... our Madona 'Dancefloor
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not be the ideal ...

Chris



Richard Boreham wrote:

>>>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!
>>>
>>></rant mode>
>>>
>>>Marcus
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>>Thing is, is there a "real" MP3 player that is as sexy as
an iPod Video a=
nd
>>does everything an iPod Video does (and ideally with an FM radio
too)...
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>>...I've long been tempted by an iPod - more so since the iPod Video
came
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>>- but it has been the lack of a radio (yes, I listen to radio) that
has p=
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>>me off buying one (or the lack of a sexy alternative to the iPod
video).
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> Well... there is a range of "real" MP3 players that are as
sexy and do
>everything that the iPods do... 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'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
iPo=
d.
>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
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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
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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 'wireless network' version that will allow for
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>So... no need to reject the 'best' MP3 player (and ducks) out there
just
>because of Apples on-line sales approach.  Oh, and, I'll probably keep
on
>using Windows too.  :-))=20
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>Richard
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