It's not just iTunes now though. I recently bought Beth Orton's new album, Comfort of Strangers on CD. This is protected by IFPI and will only play on a computer through its own programme. You can burn a backup disc but that is still protected and it will not import into iTunes. As far as I can tell, there is no way to get it into Slimserver. (Anyone know different?)
So I had to cough up another $2 to download a copy from allofmp3 that I can use on the SB and my iPod. Just makes me want to bang all their heads together! Philip -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jack Coates Sent: 14 March 2006 15:12 To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim] Re: Playing songs purchased from iTunes Store NWP wrote: > There is good information about ITunes and their encryption here: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FairPlay > > This came into play for me just the other day. I had been hyping > Squeezebox and Slimserver to my brother and he was ready to take the > plunge and give it a try. Then he mentioned, "Oh yeah, this will play > all the songs I've been buying on ITunes, right?" Grrrrrr [EMAIL PROTECTED]@$ > > Microsoft takes a ton of crap for their monopolistic practices ( M$ lol > etc), but I don't think they've ever really pissed me off as much as > this ITunes encryption does. I encourage everyone to spread the word > whenever they hear someone using ITunes to buy music. You not only buy > music, you are buying into the necessity to buy your hardware from Apple > whenever you want to play that music. > > I've tried rationally explaining the issue a number of times, but it's usually water off a duck's back, no matter how I explain it. So now I just mock my iTunes using friends whenever they run into a problem. "I told you so!" seems much more effective. -- Jack at Monkeynoodle dot Org: It's a Scientific Venture... Riding the Emergency Third Rail Power Trip Since 1996 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
