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'AirPlay Recorder' App Lets Mac Users Save Songs From iTunes Radio
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What sorts of things are you pirating if they are illegal to begin with?
He's talking about things that either aren't available on digital stores yet or have been removed from them.
Some countries have quite strict, including criminal, punishment for pirating. For people in those countries, who still would like to pirate, this may provide a safer solution.
"Recording has been around for decades, from audio cassettes (remember mix tapes?) to TuneIn radio's recording feature. Given that Apple built their iPod empire on letting millions of people rip CDs based on fair use, we don't see how they could object to this app."
This is a lot different than a cassette recorder. Cassettes, VHS, etc., were legal because they served other legitimate purposes (namely, time shifting broadcasts). However, I cannot imagine a non-infringing use of this software. Someone fill me in if there is one.
This is a lot different than a cassette recorder. Cassettes, VHS, etc., were legal because they served other legitimate purposes (namely, time shifting broadcasts). However, I cannot imagine a non-infringing use of this software. Someone fill me in if there is one.
What sorts of things are you pirating if they are illegal to begin with?
Lots of us record things like festival sets. The majority (and yes, the MAJORITY) of those recordings would never be able to be heard again otherwise. There's also the problem that when the promoters do sell them, they tend to polish them, omitting banter and what they feel is objectionable content which takes away from the experience.
What sorts of things are you pirating if they are illegal to begin with?
From time to time I want to buy music from a small international artist which hasn't struck a deal with anyone to distribute in the US yet, and so there's no legal way of obtaining their music in the US. And yet I can find a torrent of it, so I get it that way.
This is very rare - two years ago I had to do that with a Varg album (they've since struck a deal and they're now available via iTunes and Amazon. Also Spotify.)
I have this same issue too. 7Digital used to let me get away with buying the music through them by just converting currency through PayPal, but they have since stopped and now redirect me to their US site and won't let me through checkout otherwise.
You can import this stuff physically of course, but it'll cost you $10 or more to do so on top of the regular price, and that's just for CD singles with one or two b-sides.
It is not, you're just plain ignorant about it. Piracy is not good, it is just selfish.
If you're going to spend $10 for a seedy app that's barely legal, at least do yourself the favor of checking out Magnatune. For another 5 bucks you could have access to the entire DRM-free Magnatune library. Heck if you wanted to you could download every album in the catalog. What's more, they actually encourage you to share the downloaded music with your friends.
This isn't meant to be a plug for Magnatune (seriously it is great though) but you have to be pretty desperate for music to do something like this, IMO.
This isn't meant to be a plug for Magnatune (seriously it is great though) but you have to be pretty desperate for music to do something like this, IMO.
Which would be hurting them who buy legally as the pirates simply continue to pirate. One day the music industry will learn that they have done nothing for them who actually pay cash for music.
That's why I get all of my music on CD. No DRM and nobody can take it away from me. I'm free to do with it as I please.
Obnoxious DRM for audio has long been a dead horse. This app is not a new concept, just new to iTunes Radio. Anyone that cares about quality & their time isn't going to be interested anyway. It will fail on its merits.
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Absolutely no outside indication of the fact that you are downloading their music illegally, sub-dialup speed of song download (10 minutes of music will take 10 minutes to record after all), an extremely variable library with lots of holes punched into the albums, keeping songs on the fly...
I dunno, seems silly.
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Damn that is an impressively detailed bad analogy. Can you teach me how to do that?
Why would anyone want to record iTunes radio? Has anyone heard a song they like on it? I started playing with it a bit and can't, for the life of me, get it to play anything I'd want to listen to a second time...
"Stop pirating my pirating tools! I worked hard on those and put a lot of effort, and now you're going to use them and give me nothing in return! I will sue you!"
I know that you're legally allowed to keep a backup copy of your CD on your computer. My guess is that you're legally allowed to have a backup copy of a cassette tape. This is different.
If you really want to pirate music, which you actually should think twice about, can't you just use thepiratebay?
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Oh, the satisfaction my friend and I felt felt as he was pirating LimeWire Pro and µTorrent. Now let's see people pirate AirPlay Recorder
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"Pirate Party UK" – credibility destroyed
That makes no sense. Peddle YOUR crap elsewhere. Unless it's about pirating movies. Those jerks who created HDCP should pay for it.
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Um, that's called Safari
before they removed the Activity Window for absolutely no reason 
Preach on! It's gettin' to the point where a man can't afford a single song, much less breafastlunchandinner.
/arguably the best impression by Kenan to date; search on YouTube for "Kenan Thompson Jimmy McMillan"
Beat me to it. You can record any sound going through your computer this way. I've used it to record things when I need to comp videos with sound effects and then when they're approved I can go buy them proper. Always saves some money from indecisive clients.
I'm surprised to see nobody even mentioned Wavtap, which is also free and re-directs the sound of your computer to a Wav file.
I don't know how people associate recording music from radio with piracy is beyond me. Tape recorders, be it reel to reel or cassette, existed for decades and people recorded (and still do) music from radio without anybody accusing them for piracy. Same goes with VCR for video content.
Even in digital era, DAT existed for many years after the legality issues were put to rest. There are many recording devices capable of recording sound, be it digital or analog, from the internet, radio or any other device, and they are fully legal. A computer software falls into the same category.
This thread is somehow derailed from discussing various methods to re-record music to the legality of being able to re-record music.
I don't know how people associate recording music from radio with piracy is beyond me. Tape recorders, be it reel to reel or cassette, existed for decades and people recorded (and still do) music from radio without anybody accusing them for piracy. Same goes with VCR for video content.
Even in digital era, DAT existed for many years after the legality issues were put to rest. There are many recording devices capable of recording sound, be it digital or analog, from the internet, radio or any other device, and they are fully legal. A computer software falls into the same category.
This thread is somehow derailed from discussing various methods to re-record music to the legality of being able to re-record music.