SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple Inc. closed its final appearance at the Macworld trade show Tuesday by cutting the price of some songs in its market-leading iTunes online store to as little as 69 cents and disclosing that soon every track will be available without copy protection.
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Too late. I'm using Amazon and haven't had iTunes on my computer for over a year.
I'm with you on Amazon.
Ever since I lost DRM-protected songs I paid for (technically, it was my fault for not backing up the files, but who wants to bother with that), I've refused to play the DRM game.
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Two questions:
1. Does this mean that if I was to download, install and use iTunes now, it would no longer engage in the Spanish DRM Inquisition when assessing my extensive library of tracks, but would manage them sensibly and without hassle?
2. Is Apple releasing a version of iTunes that is JUST iTunes, and not all the other apps and whistles that clog up any box it is loaded onto?
I'm also a converted Amazon user, but I find it frustrating that music imported from Amazon into itunes isn't ordered properly. If I purchase a 12 track album on Amazon and sort by "Date Added" in itunes, the first track is #12, then #11, etc.
The workaround within itunes is to sort by album; is there a systemic way to change the import behavior?
According to what I read in the WSJ today, it will cost 30 cents per song already in your iTunes library to get rid of the copy protection!
This really bothers me. I've got hundreds of songs I bought for .99c that will probably be .69 under the new system and I am expected to pay .30c to get a DRM free version. I was hoping Apple would offer a free or less expensive way to remove DRM from my entire itunes.
According to what I read in the WSJ today, it will cost 30 cents per song already in your iTunes library to get rid of the copy protection!
that's not right and further ensures my commitment to never give apple another penny.
however i have only downloaded 1 track from itunes. i'm weird like that. at some point i really need to start digitizing all my vinyl. took me 6 months with cds and those aren't in real time.
anyone notice that the latest update to itunes removed the ability to not have the track numbers added to tracks? that was really annoying to me as i've no desire to have the track numbers (i assume that's what meta data is for)?
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I still buy from iTunes because they offer content that can't be found on amazon. I hope DRM-free will also apply to content from other countries.
Is there any indication iTunes will also lower the price of its audio books? That's mostly what I use my iPod for - and because of their prices I usually just go to the library and check out audio books there and rip them to the iPod.
1. Does this mean that if I was to download, install and use iTunes now, it would no longer engage in the Spanish DRM Inquisition when assessing my extensive library of tracks, but would manage them sensibly and without hassle?
2. Is Apple releasing a version of iTunes that is JUST iTunes, and not all the other apps and whistles that clog up any box it is loaded onto?
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no and no.
-David
Thank you for the cues.
So in summary the Amazon tool (for tracks purchased online) and something like Anapod (for tracks ripped from CD library) continue to be the better choice for music management.
