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Mon, April 28, 2003
"Downloads done right"
Apple unveiled its music store today. Summary:
- Integrated with iTunes
- 99cents per song
- AAC format
- Unrestricted CD burning
I actually might go buy a few songs, just to show support for the general idea. Since you can burn CDs then rip the CD, I don't think they're really trying to prevent piracy. I think the point is that they're:
- giving people (well, Mac users) the option of legally downloading music
- making sure the RIAA gets some money
At the end of the day, the RIAA doesn't give a hoot about piracy.. they just want more money. Give 'em more money and they'll shut up.
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Ryo Chijiiwa
I'm a biologically Japanese, culturally American, Germany-raised, socially liberal, politically independent, gun-totin', code writin' dude. My life is currently sponsored by Google.
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Posted Tue, April 29, 2003 03:26 by dumpster http://meettheg.com
I agree with your comments about the RIAA. Anything that fills their coffers is seen as a good thing. My only complaints are the US bias of the service, which I expected, and the selection of music. I like the AAC encoding, I'm sorely tempted to to 'rip' my collection again to save some space, the quality is better. I don't understand why they didn't go for Ogg Vorbis as an additional compression method. Choice is good.