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How to Legitimize and Upgrade Your Music Library Using iTunes Match

November 16, 2011 By Stephen 2 Comments

Although delivered a month late, Apple has finally shipped the complete cloud integrated version of iTunes. This includes iTunes Match, a much awaited feature allowing both online streaming of music and “upgrading” library content from the iTunes Store. Here's how to upgrade your old low bit rate MP3 files with high quality 256 bit AAC replacements from Apple's server. Best of … [Read more...] about How to Legitimize and Upgrade Your Music Library Using iTunes Match

Walled Gardens, Gilded Cages, and Right to Repair

July 29, 2010 By Stephen Leave a Comment

Things are getting awfully complicated, aren't they? The custom parallel CPUs, proprietary communications networks, and encrypted data ports require extensive training, special tools, and a computerized reference library to comprehend, much less debug. And the manufacturers, who derive much of their money and differentiation from warranties and authorized repair centers, are … [Read more...] about Walled Gardens, Gilded Cages, and Right to Repair

Amazon MP3 Friday 5

June 6, 2008 By Stephen Leave a Comment

I know this will sound like an ad, but please don't take it that way.  I love Amazon's selection of MP3 downloads - they're DRM-free and uniformly cheaper than iTunes.  And the company has a download app that integrates nicely with iTunes (unlike the eternally-borken Emusic manager). I was surprised this morning with an email from Amazon touting "five albums for $5" on the … [Read more...] about Amazon MP3 Friday 5

Music in the Wild World

October 3, 2007 By Stephen 1 Comment

OK, so let's get this whole new world of music straight... Apple now allows iPhone and iTouch users to buy iTunes songs without a computer and they've teamed up with Starbucks to offer in-store song shopping, but not yet... Amazon.com now sells real mp3s with no DRM or watermarking for less than iTunes, making Apple look like the bad guy Sony finally dropped their Connect … [Read more...] about Music in the Wild World

DRM Lock-In Becomes Lock-Out

August 13, 2007 By Stephen Leave a Comment

Next time someone trots out the old argument that "only pirates hate digital rights management (DRM)," just point out what just happened at the old Googleplex. They just canceled their pay-per-download Google Video site and locked everyone out of the content that they legally paid for. We all knew this could happen with DRM, and now it has. Buyers have a grand total of 2 … [Read more...] about DRM Lock-In Becomes Lock-Out

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