On Jan 3, 2004, at 9:41 PM, Chipp Walters wrote:
I-Tunes is the 'BETAMAX' to the rest of the online Music 'VHS'. And those who invest in the 'beta' technology will end up not being able to use the scores of other hardware, software and media retail/online outlets for their music needs. While I applaud Apple for innovating the finest current hardware/software model for music distribution,IMHO, it's only a matter of a couple of years before they become an also-ran in this market-- unless they can provide some sort of standard which can be shared by other players, including DELL, HP, SONY, etc.
No, OggVorbis is the BETAMAX of online music :-)
Burn a CD from iTunes, then rip the files back to .mp3 format- is what a lot of users are doing.
That is a major concession by the record companies, thanks to Apple. The itunes model is closest there is to having a real-CD-in-hand type of ownership.
I read that Apple is using iTunes solely to drive iPod sales. So I guess it makes sense they are not being altruistic and supporting other brands of players at this point.
But the iTunes store file format is MPEG + the AAC codec. So is the DRM the only thing preventing other players from doing .m4p files directly?
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