Re: Question from Jeannie about MP3 files


"Jeannie Wilson" <jwilson421@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Ed Chait" <edchait4remove@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote here for all to
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Maybe because it's a hassle and most people won't do it?

So, still, how does that make it illegal?

It's illegal because Apple uses a proprietary format to prevent people from
playing iTunes songs on anything but an iPod. If you do a google search on
"digital rights management" it will explain the issue.


Maybe because *nobody* would actually use iTunes if you couldn't burn to
CD's with it?

Still, your original statement said it was illegal to use it in other
mediums. Being a pain, being a hassle and being inconvenient does not
mean
it is illegal.

It *is* illegal because of copyright issues. Some people circumvent this,
but Apple has copyright on those songs.


Have you actually done this, because I'm not sure they don't encode the
resulting wav files also.

I haven't had any issues with my Itunes and songs being burned on a CD and
it being a normal file. I have an umpteen year old CD player that plays
the Itunes CDs just fine and my other programs recognize them and show
that
they are available to burn to "other" digital recorders (such as real
player, etc.). I haven't transferred them because I do not believe I
still
have my old digital music players.

That's not what's being discussed. What is being discussed is the ability
to convert those wavs on your CD to regular mp3 files and then trying to
load them on a non-iPod mp3 player.

However, none of your statements answers the question, which was - how is
it illegal and it if were, why would it be possible so easily and readily?

How easy is it to download and pirate mp3's from the internet? That's
illegal too, but a whole lot of people do it.

ed


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