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pTunes: Networked mp3 sharing on steroids
By ron carlson, Insanely Great Mac
January 31st 2003
This multi-platform music-sharing network makes Napster look like child's play
Mscape Software is the company behind Iconographer and the brains behind the lot is
Mihai Parparita.
However, Mr Parpita has recently gotten up to a bit more: He has created an
Internet-based system, pTunes, that tracks and organizes mp3 files across a network.
This "service" features an iTune-like interface and allows the playing and sharing of
mp3s across AppleTalk, Windoze and SMB file shares.
pTunes is exclusive to Princeton University, where Parpita is apparently a student,
but outsiders (namely you) can essentially test-drive the service and its functions
though downloading and playing songs is currently not enabled for those located off
the school's network.
Editor's note: I think pTunes is a stunning development and could immediately (if
unleashed on the world) reshape not only file sharing, but also the egregious boil
that is the music industry. Expect immediate legal action against its author and
Princeton by the RIAA's lapdog -- ie the US government.
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