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Steve Jobs and EMI Press Conference - No More DRM?

i know its a little off topic, but im loving these extra names we have tagged onto us...

Im going to be patiently waiting for the news tomorrow on this... has to be good, surely!
 
In either case (end of DRM or Beatles tracks on iTunes) this could be a decent boost to Apple during the lull between :apple:TV and iPhone/Leopard/New Mac releases.
 
hvfsl said:
Basically, yes. Plus it does it in such a way that there isn't any loss in audio quality.
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So do you then delete the original file that you downloaded from iTunes? Or does it overwrite the original? Sorry if these seem obvious, I just want to be 100% sure before I plunge into buying from the ITS. Thanks.
 
A better question is since there IS a press event with Steve Jobs present, what might he announce as "one more thing"?

Primary:
EMI content on iTunes

Likely:
Watermarked vs DRM format
Apple loseless format
HD 720i music videos

Less Likely:
iMac Quad with some music related software (Logic Extreme, Garage band 4 or something)
Apple BUYS EMI (they already own the Apple trademark free and clear)

Rocketman
 
The other exciting part about the timing of the press conference is Apple's 31st Birthday. Off by 1 day is not that big of a deal. And to have Steve fly to London to make the announcement is no small acknowledgment on Apple's part to the weight of the announcement. Steve doesn't fly to press conferences for new labels or studio's joining the iTunes store. So I have a feeling this may be pretty darn big. I am so happy that by the time I wake up tomorrow the event will have already happened, no waiting around all day.
 
==dont mean t put damper on things, but would this mean it's another week without hardware announcement?? :eek:
 
surferfromuk said:
So that would mean Steve's boarding the plane just about...now!!

'Anything to declare Mr Jobs'

"no, just a couple of turtlenecks and an unlicensed iphone..."
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Lol. Good one. :D

"We're sorry, Mr. Jobs, you can't board the plane with a phone havong no FCC approval." :eek:

... as a side note: I got a generation 1 Macbook (see signature), and it's going to the shop for the 4th time now... Display backlight has a loose contact and the CD drive has a hard time ejecting discs (and makes a very weak, emo cow-like sound when waking from sleep). Is it true I can get my money back? I mean, this thing is too unreliable, I had the random shutdown, rainbow lines, backlight problem (repaired once, now it's back), a loose screw on the back that keeps falling out, busted disc drive and a battery that inflated (it got thicker and only worked 50% then) after 80 cycles. Can anyone give me some advise on how to get my money back? I'm in Germany by the way.
 
Announcement

I´m all for DRM free music and of course Beatles on iTunes will rock. But PLEASE Steve I have been waiting since January for a new iMac and the wait has been almost unbearable (literally). I don´t want to buy the current iMac cause I know you´re going to blow us away with the new one. And since I am in México it always takes about a month for new macs to be available here, so I have to add another 30 days of waiting from the moment you have them in the USA.
 
xJulianx said:
So do you then delete the original file that you downloaded from iTunes? Or does it overwrite the original? Sorry if these seem obvious, I just want to be 100% sure before I plunge into buying from the ITS. Thanks.
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I should probably point out that it only works in Windows at the moment.

The program lets you backup your original DRM files. It also looks like it has the option of automatically replacing the DRM files with the DRM-free version. But I prefer to do this myself manually.
 
hvfsl said:
I should probably point out that it only works in Windows at the moment.

The program lets you backup your original DRM files. It also looks like it has the option of automatically replacing the DRM files with the DRM-free version. But I prefer to do this myself manually.
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Okay brilliant, sounds like it's exactly what I want. Sucks about being Windows only though. Doh :(
 
Apple Lossless

It would be great to have Apple Lossless tracks on iTunes, but I doubt we'll be seeing it anytime soon - seeing as how the current iPod shuffles are unable to play Apple Lossless tracks.
 
Willis said:
i know its a little off topic, but im loving these extra names we have tagged onto us...

Im going to be patiently waiting for the news tomorrow on this... has to be good, surely!
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I have to post just to see what name is assigned to me.

Oh, and yeah, DRM-free and Apple Lossless offerings would definitely get me shopping at the ITS.
 
It would be great if the anouncement will mean EMI would allow lossless or at least a much higher bitrate music files. That would be really great. However, I don't hold my breath, and it will be Beatles added to the iTunes store. Personally, I don't care of it, but they are th enumber one selling artist (yes still and by a far margin) Why SJ being present? It is a public knowledge that Apple is his favorite band, so not a real surprise.
 
If they issue the Beatles catalog as a huge/expensive boxed set, perhaps in conjunction with a Beatles iPod, they could include the 4 Beatles movies as well.

I continue to wonder about the argument I hear that Beatles fans already have the Beatles music they like. I know some do, but I also know kids who "inherited" their interest in the Beatles from their parents.

The boomers who bought albums in the pre-digital age might be willing to buy 'em all over again. With a boxed set, even those with many Beatles albums might be tempted by less-widely-distributed tracks that they might not already have.
 
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