Re: Apple Computer changes its name

[bieling@terra.es]

Paul Schlyter wrote:

> - the mp3 player's memory appearing just as a plain disk drive, with all
>   your mp3 files readily accessible  (they're there on your iPod too, true,
>   although with the 'hidden' bit set, and also obfuscated behind obscure
>   file names).

The first thing you see inside an iPod's case is "don't steal music".

Apple sells music in the iTunes music store, and they try to make their
providers happy (the copyright owners) by making it as hard as possible
to steal music. The interface to transfer music in/out of the iPod is
meant to be iTunes, just for this reason. iTunes takes care as much as
possible of avoiding illegal copying of music between different ipods.

All the ipods since the first one can be used as an storage device, and
this has not been true for many of the other mp3 players. But making
the music files visible won't help Apple very much in their position
in-between the final user and their music providers. The users get a
nice handy useful user interface, and the other party gets their much
wanted piracy prevention measures. If I was a singer, I'd probably like
that.

Regards,
Jorge Chamorro