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iTunes on Windows good?
flap:
quote:blind hatred of "DRM" without really knowing jack fucking shit about it.
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What is it I don't know about DRM that I should? All I need to know about DRM is that its purpose is to allow content providers to restrict what users can and can't do with content they download. I don't think that's a ethically acceptable thing to try and do, so I reject the whole concept of DRM.
quote:I'm sick of all you whiny bitches crying all the time about everything that isn't 100% your way and a 100% free ride.
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It's not about cost.
quote:you act as though you're on some kind of moral high ground by simply saying that these things are bad. tell me something... what of the economy, of commerce, and the livelihood of programmers who make these things, or the musicians who make the music, or hell, even the cute secretary at the record company who's also having to work nights at Dollar General to make ends meet?
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By that specious argument we shouldn't ban landmines or chemical weapons because it would put people out of work. If all software was Free Software and all art was freely distributable, perhaps lots of people wouldn't be making the fortunes they are, and others might even be out of a job, but even if that's true, it isn't a great enough cost to society to justify not freeing the distribution of information.
quote:I run "proprietary software", but I've never had any problems.
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Good for you.
quote:I've never felt "locked in"... locked into what, by the way?
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I've never used the expression "locked in", so I have no idea what the answer to that question is.
hm_murdock:
Precisely.
I win again.
restin256:
Alright, Gene Ray, you're right again because you're right.
enjoijeff:
quote: USE ITUNES MUSIC STORE IF YOU WANT PERFECT DIGITAL ENCODED MUSIC - USE KAZAA IF YOU WANT CRAP QUALITY ENCODED SONGS THAT WILL DESTROY ANY INTEREST YOU HAVE IN MUSIC.
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There are plenty of other things on the Windows that have lots of good music. Just look around. Almost every Linux p2p client has a Windows version.
Check out SoulSeek. That allows you to download whole albums at a time. Everyone has organized music. And if it's organized it's not going to be fake. I mean who's going to organize fake music?
KaZaA I have found a lot of songs are static... like complete static. I have no ideal why KaZaA users don't get rid of them... Well, wait yeah I do. It's cos they are lazy. I remember the days when I had KaZaA and I would just click click click click. Had 4,000 songs and most of them static or repeats. With SoulSeek it gives you the option to put it in a certain folder before you even get to it. I'd check it out it's a good Windows client. I used Nicotine and it worked good so I think SoulSeek for Windows would do the same job.
hm_murdock:
You go then, Dubya
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