Hello,Apple could take away that ability -- the ability to burn AIFF files on CD's -- at any time. (And people have conjectured that Apple is planning on doing this once iTunes becomes "popular enough" and they have a strong degree of "lock in" and "integration" in general.)
See yaOn 3/22/06, Kunga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
No. The DRM is defeated when you burn to AIFF files on a CD. Then youcan rip and play them on any player. Why should Apple license theirDRM to anyone else?--Taylor BarcroftNew Media Publisher, Editor, Video Journalist, Podcaster, Futurecaster
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http://tinyurl.com/8ql87barcroft (gizmo)kungax (Skype)kungag5 (iChat-AIM)On Mar 22, 2006, at 10:01 AM, Andy Armstrong wrote:> On 22 Mar 2006, at 17:54, Kunga wrote:
>> Is it just me? I don't quite get what France is trying to do. You can>> burn songs you download from the iTunes Store to a CD and then rip>> for any player. So why are they claiming that Apple's Store and the
>> iPod are a closed system?>> They're a closed system because they supply DRM crippled audio using> a system that they won't licence to anyone else. So once you've> bought your music you're limited to their players.
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