On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:36:20 +0100, Steve Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Apple could probably achieve a simlar result using itunes without the > need to use different formats. itunes seems to know how many times Ive > watched/listened to something through it. If it counts the number of > plays on the ipod and this info is transferred back to the computer > when the ipod is docked, its possible Apple could harvest this > information. This is already happening with non-video iPods - well, the first part. I've got an iPod Shuffle and when I attach it to my computer my iTunes library updates how many times the songs have been played. If the videos are just apart of the iTunes library I bet this is being recorded for iPod videos as well. However this information is not sent to Apple or any other third party. And it seems more than a little shady if Apple starts recording this information. Unless they do it in a last.fm kind of way where you have to opt in. - Andreas -- <URL:http://www.solitude.dk/> Commentary on media, communication, culture and technology. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
