Yeah, but it is worth pointing out that if you cancel Napster you still have the same music! Because you aren't getting any new music from this service.
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Yeah, but it is worth pointing out that if you cancel Napster you still have the same music! Because you aren't getting any new music from this service.
anyone else messing with icloud on iPhone. I just unjailbroke for the heck of it and I see all these app updates and notice that the cloud is next to all of them. It also looked at purchases on iTunes and just threw on Rolling Stones Exile I had purchased last year. Friggin sweet!
The files live on the cloud AND your devices (unless you choose not to download a specific music file on a specific device). The music files are not "streamed" to the devices. They have to be downloaded before you can play them.
Music you didn't pay for?
That may be your definition...but just because you didn't pay for the song (say you ripped it from a friend's cd or even downloaded the mp3 from an FTP site), what are people worried about? There's nothing in the MP3 that says "I'm pirated!!! Help!! Help!! Sue this person now!!!"
How in the world would Apple know if your mp3 of Borderline by Madonna is "pirated"?
If I sync my iPod to the same machine as my dad's and grab his music, is that pirating? What if I get a cd for my birthday?
All I'm saying is there are a LOT of posts on here about people asking about pirated music but not defining at all the scenario they are worried about.
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Or if you're data is capped etc. There are a LOT of unanswered questions about this service. I can see people wanting streaming but frankly streaming does me NO good. My iPad is wi-fi only and its only a matter of time before ALL cellular data plans are capped. I'm not eating up my entire cap listening to music.
Also, no one gets AT&T service in my suite in the office here so if it were ONLY streaming they would now have no songs on their iPod/iPhone?
This is the definition of piracy. Are you messing with us? How do YOU define pirated? Pirated music is music distributed in violation of copyright laws. That includes downloaded music that wasn't paid for and which the distribution wasn't authorized by the content owner as well as copying a friend's CD.
already working with my US account, nothing on my german account as expected
i wonder if i can pay those 25 $ with a giftcard as i'm not an american citizen (which apple doesnt know) and would get a friend of mine to buy me a US giftcard ^^ if i need a credit card, then i'm screwed i guess
i wonder if i can pay those 25 $ with a giftcard as i'm not an american citizen (which apple doesnt know) and would get a friend of mine to buy me a US giftcard ^^ if i need a credit card, then i'm screwed i guess
For that matter, how would Apple know if 3min of silence called Borderline by Madonna isn't what it claims to be. Could you sneak in such sound files and get a real match?
already working with my US account, nothing on my german account as expected
i wonder if i can pay those 25 $ with a giftcard as i'm not an american citizen (which apple doesnt know) and would get a friend of mine to buy me a US giftcard ^^ if i need a credit card, then i'm screwed i guess
you can also get your friend to buy you a pre paid visa card in that case. Works like a regular one (is indistinguishable for the vendor I believe) ..
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Actually .. I am not sure that helps in this case as Apple is checking the Adress I think
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If the iCloud/iTunes software was poorly written and didn't check for dead space. I'm sure there's some kind of basic algorithm for title/artist/length/file size as well as what the song sounds like (ever use Shazam? check it out if not)
maybe something along the lines of shazam to detect the music? Should at least be enough to exclude empty songs.
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you really have not follow Google for very long. Go look up how long stuff stays in beta at Google then get back to me. If it comes out of beta in the next 5 years I will be shocked. Gmail for example was in beta for over 5 years. It was in 2009 when it dropped that tag and Gmail had been around since 2003-2004 and pretty mucn anyone could have it since 2004.
LOL, yeah, a lot of speculation going on and a lot of people saying things that are explicitly in conflict with what was said in the keynote.First person to accurately to explain how the matching works wins a prize of immeasurable value.
I exclusively stream all of my music through Rhapsody. It has it's flaws but being able to "add" dozens of albums for $10/mo can't be beat IMO.
I have over 1000 songs in my library that I set to shuffle and listen to at home, on the way to and from work, and at work. I absolutely love it.
However, I also have a ton of music in iTunes that can't be found on Rhapsody like mashups, nerdcore, remixes, etc.
I was really hoping that I could dump Rhapsody, upload all of my one-offs to the cloud, and abuse iTunes like I do with Rhapsody now.
Looks like I'll have to stick with what I've got...
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People, sorry for the ignorance here but:
if I have idevices that are 16gb, or 32 GB and and iTunes lib. at 750GB, how does this help me?
Better yet, do we with large library's need this?
Thanks all.
People, sorry for the ignorance here but:
if I have idevices that are 16gb, or 32 GB and and iTunes lib. at 750GB, how does this help me?
Better yet, do we with large library's need this?
Thanks all.
KInd of like if you use the Amazon or google options, which some people here are weirdly claiming are a better deal... People Be Crazy.
No, will do though.
I was thinking it would be like Genius playlist, it's just analyse your library, isn't that what he said.
You upload 20,000 songs that you have illegally downloaded. Even if you paid for this service for the next 50 years, you would still only have paid 6 cents per song.
People wouldn't have to buy music at all, then can just download a song illegally and then have it sync on iTunes Match for an allowed copy.
Artists would get no money what so ever.
If anyone actually thinks Apple got the record companies to agree to this, then you're delusional.
Most likely the terms for the service will be clarified.
People wouldn't have to buy music at all, then can just download a song illegally and then have it sync on iTunes Match for an allowed copy.
Artists would get no money what so ever.
If anyone actually thinks Apple got the record companies to agree to this, then you're delusional.
Most likely the terms for the service will be clarified.
I agree. I was hoping that this would give my 16gb iPhone more access to my 1TB desktop and all its music than just the ability to re-download it there. A great initial concept and step towards integration, but hopefully there's a streaming cloud service in the future.
* Raises Hand
People, sorry for the ignorance here but:
if I have idevices that are 16gb, or 32 GB and and iTunes lib. at 750GB, how does this help me?
Better yet, do we with large library's need this?
Thanks all.
Exactly. Which is why I keep asking about the streaming. I'd fill my 32GB iphone with what I want most and stream the rest. If I don't have internet connection then I can still listen to what I have on the phone itself.
I was really hoping for a solution where I could just stream from my home machine. Basically, my own cloud. Similar to the StreamToMe app but integrated with the native ipod app.
anyone else messing with icloud on iPhone. I just unjailbroke for the heck of it and I see all these app updates and notice that the cloud is next to all of them. It also looked at purchases on iTunes and just threw on Rolling Stones Exile I had purchased last year. Friggin sweet!
Are you able to stream it or did you have to download it to your iPhone before playing it?