http://www.jamescronen.com/?p=154 Thoughts and narcissism Tue, 21 May 2013 08:37:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.jamescronen.com/?p=154#comment-697 Patrick R. Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:37:20 +0000 http://www.jamescronen.com/?p=154#comment-697 UPDATE PLOX. Also, iTunes is charging $0.30 per purchased song for the upgrade to iTunes Plus, which removes the DRM and allegedly improves the quality, albeit not very noticeably for my purposes. Also I'm out like 40 bucks already because I have at least 6 or 700 songs from the iTunes Store, and I'm not even finished yet. But now when you buy songs, if it has a plus sign next to the price, it's DRM-free, and they're adding more and more songs to the iTunes Plus list every day, or so I hear. Unfortunately, I guess they haven't made it to the James Gang yet, because I still can't listen to "Funk No. 49" on my Blackberry. UPDATE PLOX.
Also, iTunes is charging $0.30 per purchased song for the upgrade to iTunes Plus, which removes the DRM and allegedly improves the quality, albeit not very noticeably for my purposes. Also I’m out like 40 bucks already because I have at least 6 or 700 songs from the iTunes Store, and I’m not even finished yet. But now when you buy songs, if it has a plus sign next to the price, it’s DRM-free, and they’re adding more and more songs to the iTunes Plus list every day, or so I hear. Unfortunately, I guess they haven’t made it to the James Gang yet, because I still can’t listen to “Funk No. 49″ on my Blackberry.

]]> http://www.jamescronen.com/?p=154#comment-560 Pat R. Fri, 23 Jan 2009 06:01:50 +0000 http://www.jamescronen.com/?p=154#comment-560 I think you're right on track with DRM being phased out. It's already happening to iTunes, one of the biggest offenders (e.g. you can only play songs on authorized computers, can only authorize 5 machines, easy but unnecessary workaround, but I digress), with the introduction of "iTunes Plus," better known as "What iTunes Should've Started Out As." And I also concur with the RIAA working uphill against file sharers. However, I'm not sure that right-wing talk shows, such as Hannity's Sirius program on Patriot (I forget which channel), could be more vocal than they were on the campaign trail, and my experience with Hannity, specifically, tells me that he takes equal passion in each cause he embraces. He's a pretty cool guy, and he doesn't afraid of anything. Wow, long post. The end. I think you’re right on track with DRM being phased out. It’s already happening to iTunes, one of the biggest offenders (e.g. you can only play songs on authorized computers, can only authorize 5 machines, easy but unnecessary workaround, but I digress), with the introduction of “iTunes Plus,” better known as “What iTunes Should’ve Started Out As.” And I also concur with the RIAA working uphill against file sharers. However, I’m not sure that right-wing talk shows, such as Hannity’s Sirius program on Patriot (I forget which channel), could be more vocal than they were on the campaign trail, and my experience with Hannity, specifically, tells me that he takes equal passion in each cause he embraces. He’s a pretty cool guy, and he doesn’t afraid of anything.
Wow, long post. The end.

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