Apple Awarded $1.051 Billion In Damages

[crows]

 

[Hamanu]

Yah, you no longer OWN the music. You're merely renting it for as long as you have an iTunes account.. or until the company goes bust. Same with Steam. They've turned the model around and switched to "rent" economy.

Just like every decadent civilization. Ah..shoosh.

 

[crows]

Yah, you no longer OWN the music. You're merely renting it for as long as you have an iTunes account.. or until the company goes bust. Same with Steam. They've turned the model around and switched to "rent" economy.

Just like every decadent civilization. Ah..shoosh.

you can buy songs from Amazon mp3 no? I remember someone telling me if you bough the Mp3s from amazon you just got them,
and also better quality

 

[Hamanu]

you can buy songs from Amazon mp3 no? I remember someone telling me if you bough the Mp3s from amazon you just got them,
and also better quality

I guess, but every "cool" kid will still rather go with iCrap. Just like my local McDonalds, that just opened, is swarming with people even though there's a bunch of way better hamburger joints in the area.

My kids, if I ever get them, will be snared by the "i" and "Ronald" the moment I turn my head around

 

[fuzzylojiks]

I transfer songs I buy everywhere. It's just Itunes that 'limits' you. Using anything else, mp3s are transferable between multiple computers, hard drives and other devices. They are even interconvertible to other formats.

 

[Solidus]

I have an old 30 GB 5.5 generation iPod, and I've uploaded songs from my PC to my iPod very easily (and vice versa). There are several very easy to use third-party applications that allow you to do that. Although, I've never purchased a single thing from iTunes. All of the MP3s on my iPod were from CDs that I burned, or older songs that I downloaded from Napster, when file sharing was still cool and legal back in 2000 .

 

[fuzzylojiks]

Yeah, sad that you have to resort to a third party app to transfer music you bought tho ;x

 

[crows]

I have an old 30 GB 5.5 generation iPod, and I've uploaded songs from my PC to my iPod very easily (and vice versa). There are several very easy to use third-party applications that allow you to do that. Although, I've never purchased a single thing from iTunes. All of the MP3s on my iPod were from CDs that I burned, or older songs that I downloaded from Napster, when file sharing was still cool and legal back in 2000 .

LOL that's funny I have the same one, got it in 2005, never got a newer one because of all this crap with the new ipods, it still works the same way it worked since I got it,

and all my songs are from cds too, LOL,

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

I have an old 30 GB 5.5 generation iPod, and I've uploaded songs from my PC to my iPod very easily (and vice versa). There are several very easy to use third-party applications that allow you to do that. Although, I've never purchased a single thing from iTunes. All of the MP3s on my iPod were from CDs that I burned, or older songs that I downloaded from Napster, when file sharing was still cool and legal back in 2000 .

I'm waiting for the day apple kills out all of the older ipods & makes everybody buy new a new one. I have a 160 gig classic gen 6 that's barely 1/4 of the way full

 

[user 1190]

At the mall there is a Mac store.
Someone found it and it was returned to the customer service booth however I did know this until it was tracked. The iPhone has a finder that can be searched through iCloud. It shows exactly where the phone was. Quite an ingenious little device. I'm glad I got it back because I use that phone a lot. I can't go home without it.

Wow that is ingenious, who would think to go to customer service booth for a lost item.

 

[user 1190]

AS for losing music, it all about backup. So I have the it on my PC, on a mirrored backup server and also in the itunes cloud deal.

 

[VS1976]

Wow that is ingenious, who would think to go to customer service booth for a lost item.

We went to several before going to the Mac store and neither said anything was returned. The customer service booth apparently don't communicate with others. There are about 20 CS booth in that mall. It is good to know that the phone was still in that area using the iPhone finder. I'm glad there are still honest people here.

 

[RagingBull]

I love seeing Vinyl collections like that. I collect CD's & I'd never buy an album of iTunes, to me it's a waist of money & soulless. Especially when I can go & buy the album for cheaper from Play.com or Amazon & actually have the CD & artwork in hand. The CD & case is all part of the hobby for me. I do use iTunes as a Juke box & for putting music on my phone etc

I always wanted a Vinyl collection but I've left it to late, if I started I'd end up getting hooked & spending a fortune.

 

[crows]

At the mall there is a Mac store.
Someone found it and it was returned to the customer service booth however I did know this until it was tracked. The iPhone has a finder that can be searched through iCloud. It shows exactly where the phone was. Quite an ingenious little device. I'm glad I got it back because I use that phone a lot. I can't go home without it.

wow, that was pretty lucky, that someone returned it,

I love seeing Vinyl collections like that. I collect CD's & I'd never buy an album of iTunes, to me it's a waist of money & soulless. Especially when I can go & buy the album for cheaper from Play.com or Amazon & actually have the CD & artwork in hand. The CD & case is all part of the hobby for me. I do use iTunes as a Juke box & for putting music on my phone etc

I always wanted a Vinyl collection but I've left it to late, if I started I'd end up getting hooked & spending a fortune.

all of my cds are used, I buy the cheapest cds I find, sometimes I pay 2 bucks per CD,
people say that buying Itunes is smart because you buy songs per dollar, but buying a whole cd for 3-4 bucks, that seems a lot smarter

 

[Solidus]

all of my cds are used, I buy the cheapest cds I find, sometimes I pay 2 bucks per CD,
people say that buying Itunes is smart because you buy songs per dollar, but buying a whole cd for 3-4 bucks, that seems a lot smarter

I do the same! I bought all of my used CDs from FYE - they have some pretty nice sales from time-to-time.

 

[Centurion]

Let's get back to bashing Apple. That's more fun.

 

[Solidus]

Let's get back to bashing Apple. That's more fun.

I really like my old iPod, though .

 

[Solidus]

 

[Centurion]

LOL! That'll work too.

 

[EVILFACE]

And as much as Apple whines, it must be a chick.