Comments on: Apple: Upgrade or else! http://www.p2pnet.net/story/2867 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/2867/comment-page-1#comment-6700 Reader's Write Tue, 02 Nov 2004 05:01:27 +0000 #comment-6700 Are you really asking this question or are you totally out of the touch? This is all a part of the FairPlay DRM and it was a condition of the record companies long ago when Apple was the first to get all of them to agree to a standard set of user rights. The fear was the iPod would become a tool to trade music. Now really all Apple did was make the music folder invisible which is why there are, and will continue to be, utilities that can take the songs off the iPod. However all you need to do is attach your iPod to an authorized computer and drag your music from the iPod library to the computer's iTunes library. It WILL copy them. Of course iTunes does not hide the music so once there you can do what you want. As for some plug-in that now fails...well...ok? So? Are you really asking this question or are you totally out of the touch? This is all a part of the FairPlay DRM and it was a condition of the record companies long ago when Apple was the first to get all of them to agree to a standard set of user rights. The fear was the iPod would become a tool to trade music. Now really all Apple did was make the music folder invisible which is why there are, and will continue to be, utilities that can take the songs off the iPod. However all you need to do is attach your iPod to an authorized computer and drag your music from the iPod library to the computer’s iTunes library. It WILL copy them. Of course iTunes does not hide the music so once there you can do what you want. As for some plug-in that now fails…well…ok? So?

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/2867/comment-page-1#comment-6629 Reader's Write Sun, 31 Oct 2004 05:06:03 +0000 #comment-6629 I think people are seeing this from the wrong point of view. Many people critizize about apple not give the end user a "choice". People do have a choice, they can not buy an ipod, and not use itoons. Simple. I think people are seeing this from the wrong point of view. Many people critizize about apple not give the end user a “choice”. People do have a choice, they can not buy an ipod, and not use itoons. Simple.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/2867/comment-page-1#comment-6614 Reader's Write Sun, 31 Oct 2004 01:30:31 +0000 #comment-6614 Let me ask you a question. When you've copied music to your iPod, can you copy it off again back to your PC/Mac? Bceause every other portable MP3 music player can do this. IN fact most of the newer ones look like a USB hard drive so it's as easy as drag n drop and doesn't require any device drivers. So you might want to ask why the 4.7 iTunes upgrade disables iPod Download, a popular plugin that does exactly that. http://www.engadget.com/entry/4071088231142865/ Let me ask you a question. When you’ve copied music to your iPod, can you copy it off again back to your PC/Mac?

Bceause every other portable MP3 music player can do this. IN fact most of the newer ones look like a USB hard drive so it’s as easy as drag n drop and doesn’t require any device drivers.

So you might want to ask why the 4.7 iTunes upgrade disables iPod Download, a popular plugin that does exactly that.
http://www.engadget.com/entry/4071088231142865/

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