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lornefsMay 12, 2011
Just use Audiogalaxy, no uploads and all of your collection is available.
fuelcellMay 13, 2011
This.
Closed AccountMay 12, 2011
s**t that is a ton of storage. how many gigs is that?
stevenberry54May 12, 2011
based off of Apple's site (first place I thought to look) says an iPod classic gives you 160GB of storage capacity, good for up to 40,000 songs. So.. 80GB.
Closed AccountMay 12, 2011
not quite as big as I though. my collection is around 160. but i am still excited about it. it will be cool to be able to keep all of the audiobooks, music and playlists in a safe place. Nothing is worse than a failed cheap external drive killing like 12 years of collecting and organizing.
stevenberry54May 12, 2011
very true.. though, i'm curious about how the music I upload is "watched". Because, I get songs from all sorts of places (all legal) that I don't necessarily have receipts for (except for iTunes purchases) but.. even then it seems it's questionable to do, because it's potentially putting you in front of a target.. at least for the music that were "gifts" or .. however you got it.
Closed AccountMay 12, 2011
true but I bet it would require alot of ingenuity and resources to police such a thing. i get the feeling the government has more pressing problems these days.
stevenberry54May 12, 2011
I agree.. but they have used those resources towards people who share one or two songs, and charge them to prison for years, where there are much larger sharers. It's a battlefield with invisible landmine's. :)
Vidhisha1May 12, 2011
In support of Google....
centraltransMay 11, 2011
I think I'll pass on storing music on google. what happens if a record label comes after you. Is google going to hand you over to the music police? Even if the music was yours to own, it could be a headache.
myztryMay 12, 2011
Off course they are. As would every single other company put in the same situation. Assuming of course they are actual police with a warrant in hand.
The weak link here is that although Google provides their services in hundreds of different jurisdictions, they are themselves under the jurisdiction of an extremely corrupt Government.
Closed AccountMay 13, 2011
There is nothing corrupt about enforcing copyright laws. Get over yourself and realize that you are in a VERY small minority.
myztryMay 14, 2011
The US is <4.5% of the global population. The jurisdiction covers a very small minority of the scope of Google's services...
madanie3May 12, 2011
Most likely Google will delete your account. They may defend copyright, but if they police copyright abusers and turn their identities over to labels, Google will probably lose a fair share of interest in their product.
Either way, I'm with you. This service seems arbitrary and extraneous to me.
mrteflonMay 12, 2011
Google doesn't have a thing to worry about.
If the music company barks they buy them out and dismiss the top levels of management. Google's annual net profits are probably 100000 X the net profit any music company. Plus they have a in house law group that almost rivals the sharks of IBM.
I do not think the music companies are too eager to attack Google.
Just my 2@Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
Closed AccountMay 13, 2011
You are very ignorant of how business work.
topperpopperMay 13, 2011
I'm mixed. It would be handy, but it would put you one subpoena away from the RIAA racketeering you into defending your purchase history of every single song you upload. The RIAA loves lawsuits more than customers.
zww0May 12, 2011
I can't wait for my invite
jonathanabMay 12, 2011
What about "Music Beta is available free for a limited time"?
showhandsMay 12, 2011
I support
wilhoitmMay 13, 2011
Sure it is legal!
jasongadgetguyMay 12, 2011
So is sharing legal for online streaming?
teksqrMay 12, 2011
Check out http://www.teksqr.com/2011/05/music-is-in-air-everywhere.html
rajat92May 12, 2011
sure its legal.... but the service is only in united states
Closed AccountMay 13, 2011
People need to realize that if you walk up to 1000 random people on the street and ask them if they want to store any of their personal files in "the cloud" 490 of them will say no and 10 will say yes.
The other 500 will say "What the f**k is "the cloud" and when you explained it to them, they would say no.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
johnnysoftwareMay 13, 2011
They said that about their online book service. It was unlicensed too.
I think for it to be safe they need to negotiate licenses - directly or indirectly with the copyright holders for all music provided by their music service.
Seems like a no-brainer. I am not a lawyer but I would be actually more interested in what a few copyright lawyers would say in this regard than a tech CEO or product manager.
Apple did the license-before-selling it route and avoided trouble. Services that wen the "we'll take everything and rent/sell it" regardless of copyright-owner's agreement all died one by one. Where are Rhapsody, Walmart, and the various Microsoft music services now?
Why is Google following the bone yard's approach to licensing that did not work out?Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
klviebMay 12, 2011
Thank!!
BecHawkinsMay 12, 2011
Their music service might be legal but their monopoly of internet properties certainly is not! Neither is their advertising business practices.