downloadsquad.com — If absolute privacy is a concern critics are voicing against Apple's latest move with DRM-less tracks from EMI, they should have filed their complaints over four years ago when the iTunes Store first opened.
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craigjJun 4, 2007
No, they wouldn't, and if they did they are morons.
dotorgJun 4, 2007
Especially since half of diggers probably have their name written on their underpants by their mom.;)
fordiJun 4, 2007
@ajb2015:That would work... if the information were embedded into the data. Instead, it's in a few easily stripped tags.Keeps the honest honest, though.Still, I don't really have a problem with any of this; if you don't want people getting your personal data when you copy them a file, strip it out first, like any intelligent human. You wouldn't publicly post a pic of your credit card without first blacking out the numbers, would you?Sure, people don't think to do that to music files before they post them on P2P, for example, but I somehow doubt Apple's liability in repercussions from doing something their clients deem actionable (posting EMI's copyrighted material on a P2P network).If Apple were going for the 'tag-and-sue' method (which would be the best course, by the by), they'd embed an id in the files steganographically, link you to the id, and make it very very hard to remove the id without damaging the content horrendously.<a class="user" href="http://www.elflord.net">http://www.elflord.net</a> - An open letter I wrote on the matter. Apple should read this.@PJSPJS:"The power of the Record Companies". If you're going to go all 'conspiracy theory', do it proper.
jimbojones1977Jun 5, 2007
Wow - you are SUCH a badass. Wanker.
tigerrJun 5, 2007
If I buy a cd, does it have my e-mail and name on it? I don't think so.Buying online mp3's, even now they're DRM-free, is still not going how it should be. We're still not getting the rights we should have. We pay even more for rights we're entitled too, and we're even happy to give our name and e-mail away. Me thinks music industry, including Apple, is not doing such a good job.And they could have warned me about the data file before I switched to the iTunes upgrade. Why not be open about it when there's nothing to hide?Right.
lebainJun 30, 2007
The claim here is amazing - it's OK if anyone can find your e-mail address because they've been able to do it for a few years now. That's like saying stealing is OK as long as you don't get caught. Or like saying murder is OK because the victim didn't report harrasment before she was killed.
dayan33Feb 1, 2008
Dont use their products if you think your privacy us being violated. There is competiton spend your money there.<a class="user" href="http://www.myzury.com">http://www.myzury.com</a>
cywei99Feb 4, 2008
iTunes stores 4 years ago and now comes the privacy issue. Are you kidding me. People are obviously jealous of what Apple has achieved!<a class="user" href="http://www.mindpowerspecialreport.com/">http://www.mindpowerspecialreport.com/</a><a class="user" href="http://www.myselfhypnosis.net/">http://www.myselfhypnosis.net/</a>
curien1000Aug 6, 2009
the poster you are replying to was referring to OTHER PAY SITES that offer song downloads at a lower price with better device compatibility - simply better and perfectly legal. What is unethical and unsustainable about market competition? Also, are you seriously suggesting that anyone with prices below iTMS is in the Russian mob? Why the hell are you so indignant anyway? What are you even talking about?