Comments on: Don’t share those DRM-free songs from iTunes, they know who you are!

By: ZZ

ZZ — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 12:41:06 +0000

Your name and account number on the downloaded file? I thought all the major record company iTunes music files have had an embedded serial number since the beginning. Bah, now I need to back track where I got the info.

By: tallwookie

tallwookie — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 01:56:47 +0000

WHOA!!!

buddy of mine has that “he’s watching you” pic as a huge poster at his house
lol nice find!

By: god

god — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 01:21:32 +0000

You may as well crouch next to your computer with your shorts all bunched up over cookies. Of course, that’s why you’re crouched instead of sitting, relaxed, like the rest of us.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 22:19:59 +0000

will it be mp3 i wonder? what would happen if you loaded the mp3 into a sound editor, saved it as a wav, then re-mp3′d it… might loose slight quality, but no more embedded info…

By: TJGeezer

TJGeezer — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:23:05 +0000

#1 – Justsaying – ARRRR. Thanks, matey!

I don’t care if they track my DRM-free music. So long as I can play the music on any device I want, send music mixes to a CD, copy to an MP3 player, and so forth. I’m not a music distributor, just a consumer.

#12 – OFTLO – you hit the nail on the head. I get CDs directly from artist sites when I can and do my best to avoid CDs from RIAA member labels.

By: Roc Rizzo

Roc Rizzo — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:22:29 +0000

Arrgh Mateys!
We never cared for that blatherin’ DRM anyway.
It just slows a good pirate down. Arrgh!
Shiver me timbers, Avast! Lower the mainsail, we’re comin’ in a wee too fast.

By: soundwash

soundwash — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:21:34 +0000

i bet spam gods are licking their chops over the potential new email harvest.. :s

By: OhForTheLoveOf

OhForTheLoveOf — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:10:36 +0000

#10 – Either Apple imbeded the bits in a way where it will be very hard to remove them, or Apple is doing this as a token move to the record industry based off of their anti-DRM stance.

I’m guessing the later.

Comment by James Hill — 6/1/2007 @ 7:24 am

I’m guessing that you actually meant that latter, and I agree.

My hidden point is that this is the sort or DRM I can live with. The DRM schemes that disable equipment, or block legit usage (like some CD copy protection schemes) are worth getting hot and bothered about.

But this is beniegn and I can circumvent it… Not that I need to. I rip CDs that I buy to play on other devices and I don’t share them (other than to make mix-discs that I might give away as a gift now and then).

Not that I really care if someone does share. That’s what sells concert tickets and concert tickets are what pays artists. I only care about paying artists. I could not care less about giant mainstream labels.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:09:37 +0000

In todays day and age, I would only be surprised if Apple didn’t do this.

By: James Hill

James Hill — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:24:46 +0000

#7, #9 – We had a discussion about this at work yesterday after hearing about Apple’s new tact (we’re calling it ‘DRM without DMR’), and we came to the following conclusion…

Either Apple imbeded the bits in a way where it will be very hard to remove them, or Apple is doing this as a token move to the record industry based off of their anti-DRM stance.

I’m guessing the later.

By: OhForTheLoveOf

OhForTheLoveOf — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:03:30 +0000

#7 – It will take no time at all… Thanks to the magic of technology

Ahhh… The pointless battle against piracy.

By: MikeN

MikeN — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:00:04 +0000

Hey, I thought people were using DRM-free songs for their own personal use? That there’s nothing illegal going on? Why are people so obsessed about what is stored in a song download that noone else will see? Could it be that all these reasons given against DRM are just excuses and that people really just want to avoid paying for music?

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:34:27 +0000

This sounds like there is nothing there that a hex editor couldn’t fix. I wonder how long until someone writes a small program to strip out this info.

By: PBFT

PBFT — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:13:03 +0000

I don’t really have a problem with embedded data. It’s kind of like writing your name on your jacket. DRM is like buying a jacket that the store keeps and you just get to look at through the window and try on once in a while.

The only difference is that if your jacket is stolen then the name could be used to return your property to you. In this case they are going to try and sue you for not keeping proper custody of your own property, like if your ipod is stolen.

By: BubbaRay

BubbaRay — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:11:42 +0000

#1, Comment by Justsaying

That’s another keyboard ruined from sputtering coffee! Good find! Yaarrgh! I wanna be a pirate!