DRM sucks redux: Microsoft to nuke MSN Music DRM keys:
Customers who have purchased music from Microsoft’s now-defunct MSN Music store are now facing a decision they never anticipated making: commit to which computers (and OS) they want to authorize forever, or give up access to the music they paid for. Why? Because Microsoft has decided [...]
The iPod Crisis Myth — RoughlyDrafted Magazine:
“To put into perspective the growth of the iPod, compare sales of another consumer electronics product: Microsoft’s Xbox 360. From 2006 to 2007, Xbox shipments didn’t increase by 30% or even 6%, but fell by over 33%. Nobody worries about the freefall in Xbox sales, only about the percentage [...]
DailyTech - Yahoo Announces Death of Yahoo! Music Unlimited:
“Despite its strong focus on its music program, Yahoo has fallen on tough times business-wide, which have forced it to reevaluate its business. First came the announcement of 1,000 layoffs. Now the latest casualty is one of the pillars of its online music business, Yahoo! Music Unlimited.”
Well, [...]
Lookie, lookie,
Here’s what I found yesterday in my local “7eleven” while buying something to eat… :
Now that’s what I call distribution… Pre-paid iTMS cards, in a pretty damn nice packaging ! Although I’m not an iTMS customer (stop the booing, I won’t change my mind… 128kbps is just not cutting it !) I have got [...]
My 4G 40GB (monochrome) iPod seems to be having trouble spinning up. I had “fixed it” by restoring it, but now it won’t mount again and I think it has pretty much hit the dust.
Luckily I chose to buy extended Applecare after I got it replaced the first time - it had a similar hard [...]
So I am a music gear whore… so what ? I love to try as many guitar effectors/amps/strings/what-have-you as possible, and I love listening to music. And for doing both of that, I tend to be very picky when it comes to audio compression, DA converters, headphones… so much that by itself it generates a need for yet better gear…. it’s a vicious circle.
I’ve been well versed in the subject by my best friend Mike K., guitar player extraordinaire that can’t stop his search for the ultimate guitar sound.
I know it sounds weird, but it’s something that I am sure all you guys have thought about, one way or another. We all know how painful it is to actually have a common iTunes music library, that is :
+ updatable by more than one computer
+ not bound to a specific user
+ residing on a “neutral” storage volume
In short, it’s not possible. However it is a much needed function. But if you take iTunes “as-is”, the whole architecture would have to be twisted a lot to fulfill the above requirements. Enter “iTunes Server Edition”…