Fwd: Carmen Camille News: IDGAF Now on iTunes
Hi all, this is a message I sent to a performing duo, to whose distribution list I am subscribed, after noting that their new single is available (only) on iTunes. Regards, -- Shlomi Fish -- Forwarded message -- From: Shlomi Fish shlo...@gmail.com Date: Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 11:25 AM Subject: Re: Carmen Camille News: IDGAF Now on iTunes To: Carmen and Camille n...@carmenandcamille.com Hello Carmen and Camille, On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:12 AM, Carmen and Camille n...@carmenandcamille.com wrote: We are so incredibly happy to announce the release of our new single IDGAF on iTunes and digital worldwide. We hope that you have as much fun listening to this song as we had making it. You can buy IDGAF on iTunes click here. I'm a big fan of your “Shine 4U” and “Big Love” singles and so would like to buy IDGAF. However: 1. iTunes does not run on Linux, which is my operating system of choice, and which is close to be 100% free-and-open-source software (FOSS). 2. Even if it did and assuming it was open-souce there (fat chance given that it's Apple), I would refuse to support Apple with my wallet because they are a harmful company, see: http://www.shlomifish.org/open-source/anti/apple/ . As a result, I request that you please make your singles available on a music store that does not require me to comply with Apple's whims. http://www.greensunmusic.com/ which I'm also a fan of is using CD Baby at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/greensun2 , and it works perfectly fine in Linux, while using standard browser tools alone. Please consider using it as well as iTunes. Sincerely yours, -- Shlomi Fish -- -- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Electrical Engineering studies. In the Technion. Been there. Done that. Forgot a lot. Remember too much. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . -- -- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Electrical Engineering studies. In the Technion. Been there. Done that. Forgot a lot. Remember too much. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Fwd: Carmen Camille News: IDGAF Now on iTunes
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012, Shlomi Fish wrote about Fwd: Carmen Camille News: IDGAF Now on iTunes: Hi all, this is a message I sent to a performing duo, to whose distribution list I am subscribed, after noting that their new single is available (only) on iTunes. Are you sure it's only on itunes? I searched on Amazon, and it's also available there as mp3 - see http://www.amazon.com/Idgaf/dp/B009M58JBQ/ BTW, I don't think you need to frighten them with anti-Apple rhetoric. It's enough to say that the majority of music listeners out there don't have an Apple device, so selling on itunes alone is a not very wise business move. -- Nadav Har'El| Monday, Oct 22 2012, 6 Heshvan 5773 n...@math.technion.ac.il |- Phone +972-523-790466, ICQ 13349191 |If God is watching us, the least we can http://nadav.harel.org.il |do is be entertaining. ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Fwd: Carmen Camille News: IDGAF Now on iTunes
Hi Nadav, On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Nadav Har'El n...@math.technion.ac.il wrote: On Mon, Oct 22, 2012, Shlomi Fish wrote about Fwd: Carmen Camille News: IDGAF Now on iTunes: Hi all, this is a message I sent to a performing duo, to whose distribution list I am subscribed, after noting that their new single is available (only) on iTunes. Are you sure it's only on itunes? I searched on Amazon, and it's also available there as mp3 - see http://www.amazon.com/Idgaf/dp/B009M58JBQ/ First of all, they didn't mention that it is also available on Amazon.com in their E-mail. Moreover, I tried buying it from Amazon.com now and got this: We are sorry... We could not process your order. The sale of MP3 Downloads is currently only available to US customers. Please refer to the terms of use of the MP3 store to determine the geographical restrictions. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. This is: 1. A continuation of http://shlomif.livejournal.com/58860.html . 2. Especially ironic given the fact that Carmen and Camille are Canadian. BTW, I don't think you need to frighten them with anti-Apple rhetoric. It's enough to say that the majority of music listeners out there don't have an Apple device, so selling on itunes alone is a not very wise business move. That's not the point here. One can install iTunes on Windows or Mac OS X, and then download the song and (presuming it is DRM-free, which I believe it is the case), reuse it in every player that supports that format and even redistribute it. But since I'm using Linux, and would rather not support Apple with my wallet, I don't have that privilege. Regards, -- Shlomi Fish -- -- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Electrical Engineering studies. In the Technion. Been there. Done that. Forgot a lot. Remember too much. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Fwd: Carmen Camille News: IDGAF Now on iTunes
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012, Shlomi Fish wrote about Re: Fwd: Carmen Camille News: IDGAF Now on iTunes: Are you sure it's only on itunes? I searched on Amazon, and it's also available there as mp3 - see http://www.amazon.com/Idgaf/dp/B009M58JBQ/ ... We could not process your order. The sale of MP3 Downloads is currently only available to US customers. Please refer to the terms of use of the MP3 store to determine the geographical restrictions. This is a whole separate can of worms. Last time I checked, itunes was also not available in Israel. So in your complaint, focus about evilness of this discrimination, not about the evilness of Apple. That's not the point here. One can install iTunes on Windows or Mac OS X, and then download the song and (presuming it is DRM-free, which I believe it is the case), reuse it in every player that supports that format and even redistribute it. But since I'm using Linux, and would rather not support Apple with my wallet, I don't have that privilege. You can do the same via Amazon. And in Israel, you cannot use them both, just the same. -- Nadav Har'El| Monday, Oct 22 2012, 6 Heshvan 5773 n...@math.technion.ac.il |- Phone +972-523-790466, ICQ 13349191 |What's tiny, yellow and very dangerous? A http://nadav.harel.org.il |canary with the super-user password. ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
