Comments on: NBC Wants iTunes to be a Piracy Detector

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:46:22 +0000

Heh, I’ve never used iTunes because like most Apple stuff its about looks over function - the thing doesn’t even have a playlist or enqueue function FFS

You can create playlists in iTunes, unless you're wanting a special kind of playlist that I missed in your comment?

By: Inferno_str1ke

Inferno_str1ke — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:24:56 +0000

Heh, I’ve never used iTunes because like most Apple stuff its about looks over function – the thing doesn’t even have a playlist or enqueue function FFS, Winamp had one of those before MP3 players were invented. Its got steadily slower and more and more focused on its store (to the length that every song contains a link to buy that song…) since the iPod became popular and its only so prevelant because the general idiot public think its the only way to get content onto their iPod/iPhone. I hope they incorporate anti-piracy measures, because it would hit 90% of iPod users and then hopefully most would get some decent software.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:33:35 +0000

Michael Dobrofsky wrote:

The more these big media companies try and screw the people who are trying to do the right thing and pay for stuff, the more people will think…screw them, I’ll download this album for free. They don’t get that concept, though.

Big Media companies just can't seem to get enough control over any situation to be happy and this is just one example!

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:18:40 +0000

arjay wrote:

Hm. I’m all for the anti-piracy whatnot. The question is: How will iTunes (or some other software) know that the music file was illegally obtained?

It can't, this whole idea is stupid and will never happen. It's coming from NBC though so stupidity shouldn't be surprising.

By: Michael Dobrofsky

Michael Dobrofsky — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:09:06 +0000

The more these big media companies try and screw the people who are trying to do the right thing and pay for stuff, the more people will think…screw them, I’ll download this album for free. They don’t get that concept, though.

By: arjay

arjay — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:22:47 +0000

Hm. I’m all for the anti-piracy whatnot. The question is: How will iTunes (or some other software) know that the music file was illegally obtained?

By: Amak

Amak — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:03:00 +0000

This is really getting me mad. They are losing POTENTIAL, not GUARANTEED profits. Doesn’t mean the person would have bought the item. They may even gain a customer. I can’t count how many games I downloaded than bought because I loved it.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:36:25 +0000

I agree with you Pieter. It’s almost as if they have nothing else better to spend their money on, and so they figure that it would be well spent trying to come up with ways to fight piracy. Most of my friends actually buy all of their music from iTunes anyway, and so I don’t know how they think this is such a big deal.

The people who pirate probably wouldn’t pay for it anyway. They just wouldn’t get the media.

By: Pieter

Pieter — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:32:22 +0000

Two words: f*** that! The stuff on my iPod is 100% legal, but I don’t want a crappy piece of software slowing down iTunes and watching every move I make!