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[thatwendigo]

Well an iPod attachment that supported airtunes and encrypted (WPA)... Sure DVD Jon has pocked holes in it but if you let hackers terrorise you from making a lot of legit money then your never going to progress anything technology based because there are always problems...

The RIAA has sued even more file traders (8/25/04 story)

BMI posts record profits. Again.

It's become increasingly clear that the RIAA doesn't give a damn about fair use or the rights of consumers, which proves that it's entirely possible to do something about the hackers. They're making obscene profits, the governments are playing along, and we all get screwed.

You play their game or you get sued. That's the reality.

just look as MS...maybe they should can their OS because of all the problems its causing 😉 I think that an attachement allowing control of music from the iPod wirelessly would promote sales, and flow onto sales at the iTunes store which should make the RIAA members happy. The state of affairs with illegal downloads is being led by Apple...the RIAA would be foolish to hamper that growth.

I'm sorry... You seem to be laboring under the idea that the RIAA isn't foolish to begin with, as you could plainly see if you remembered they're suing the demographic that provides most of their money. Also, Apple's sales are - overall - negligible, when compared to their tried and true hardcopy recordings, especially with the protections they're doing on their own.

I am not sure about building AE into the pod but an attachment should be fine given the 2.4GHz spectrum is regulated internationally as "public" for the scientific, medical and industrial use.

Is broadcasting music scientific, medical, or industrial?

 

[aswitcher]

The RIAA has sued even more file traders (8/25/04 story)

BMI posts record profits. Again.

It's become increasingly clear that the RIAA doesn't give a damn about fair use or the rights of consumers, which proves that it's entirely possible to do something about the hackers. They're making obscene profits, the governments are playing along, and we all get screwed.

You play their game or you get sued. That's the reality.

If they are successfully suing inappropriate use of their music then I agree you have big business and the government (law makers and enforcers) to blame.

I'm sorry... You seem to be laboring under the idea that the RIAA isn't foolish to begin with, as you could plainly see if you remembered they're suing the demographic that provides most of their money. Also, Apple's sales are - overall - negligible, when compared to their tried and true hardcopy recordings, especially with the protections they're doing on their own.

Well if they are a rabid dog then no logical discussion is going to get us anywhere.

Piracy is rampant and the artists are pissed, so the RIAA going after them is not just big business, so beware demonising these actions when the law supports them.

As for Apple, ITS is having a positive impact in reducing the growth of illicit downloads so that has to impress the RIAA who will never win a legal battle against illicit file sharing through the US courts against a world population and increasingly clever file sharing systems...imho

Is broadcasting music scientific, medical, or industrial?

Its an internationally recognised public band where as long as you stay under the db limits your ok...although transmitting music might violate copyright unless you have an appropriate protection like AirTunes...

 

[Raiden]

Apple works with Motorola, and IBM starts doing neat stuff whilst Motorola spins in the toilet. Apple jumps ship. IBM goes into a tailspin. Motorola starts doing neat stuff. Murphy's law. You switch lanes in traffic, the faster lane you switched to will grind to a halt and the lane you just got out of starts moving.

reminds me of the beginning of the movie 'Office Space'. So true...

 

[MacFan26]

reminds me of the beginning of the movie 'Office Space'. So true...

Haha, indeed. I love the part where Samir is swearing 😀

 

[nxent]

xbox2 and g5

On a side note: Anyone think that M$ bought up all the G5s from IBM (for a few hundred million in untraceable notes) for their next generation X-Box? (Isn't it rumored to use 3 of them?) Forcing a G5 shortage for Apple to bring them down?[/QUOTE]


i highly doubt this consideration how much control they have over their products. my guess is apple has some agreement with ibm that doesn't allow g5 chips to be sold to anyone other than apple itself.