Re: Apple Computer changes its name

[bieling@terra.es]

Paul Schlyter ha escrito:


> Sure: forcing your customers to buy nothing but DRM "protected" music
> for your iPod.

I'm not sure how far will Digital Rights Managment get. But I'm
convinced that the iPod/iTunes bundle has got enough of "DRM" built-in
so as to satisfy both parties.

> But what if I wanted to play my music on some other brand of portable
> music player (Creative, Iriver, Sandisk, whatever) ?   Then my music
> library becomes inaccessible.   Suppose you decided to switch e.g.
> your Sony CD player to a Philips CD player for whatever reason, and
> then you found out that your entire CD collection was unplayable on
> the Philips CD player - it could be played only on a Sony CD player.
> What would you think about that?

But you can, from within iTunes, transcode the music between WAV, AIFF,
mp3, AAC or Apple lossless. Even if it's a protected file (a music file
that you've bought in the iTunes Store).

>
> > If you didn't pay me, you are not my customer.
> > And If you get what I sell without paying me, you are stealing me.
>
> True - but if I do pay you, I expect to be allowed to decide for
> myself what kind of player I want to play the music I paid for on!
> And I also expect to be able to change my decision later.  If you
> impose restrictions on me in this respect, then I will not become
> your customer.

But that's not the case. The music that you buy in the iTunes Music
Store can be played in any mp3 player. Only that you may need to
transcode it, and this can be done from within the same iTunes software
you used to buy it.

> ....or until you want to switch to a player of some other brand
> than Apple.... again, I don't want to be locked in on players of
> only one brand...

No, no no, Paul, that's NOT TRUE !