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Posted by inaequitas on 07/18/06 16:52
On 2006-07-18 01:52:35 -0700, Kathi <pureheart@earthlink.net> said:
> On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 07:51:11 +1000, dorayme wrote:
>> There is a lot that is not at all obvious about the software
>
> Hi Do-Ray-Me,
>
> Yes, for example, it was (wrongfully) "obvious" to me that, since my songs
> were safe and sound inside my iPod, that when I had my Windows OS rebuilt
> (yes, I know ... I should've bought a Mac) on the new hard disk, that the
> iTunes software would just realize that the same iPod serial number must be
> the same iPod. Why wouldn't it be the same iPod?
As mentioned, the issue is with what Windows reports to iTunes, not the
iTunes <-> iPod interaction.
>
>> I would be happy for the iPod to work like a disk and you drag what you
>> want there pure and simple.
>
> I'm with you! I drag my pictures off my SecureDigital (SD) and CompactFlash
> (CF) cards all the time. I never install the Nikon or Cannon or Kodak
> garbage software, nor do I even unpack the cords that come with the digital
> camera. I just drag and drop pictures from the card to the hard disk and
> vice versa (if desired). What could be simpler & more intuitive than that?
<snip>
> Kathi
Drag and drop does not work on the iPod due to piracy concerns. For
Apple to be able to offer the iTunes Music Store and maintain a decent
relationship with the RIAA, they needed to also employ some basic
'protection' to not allow people to copy music back form the iPod. That
will allow people to share their tunes with everyone and that's Bad[©
RIAA] On a Linux or Mac system it is quite easy to circumvent this
protection for someone that's more or less capable of using a Terminal.
The file names are obfuscated and the mp3s themselves are hidden away
in a .Music folder [which is 'hidden' in Linux/Mac, not sure on the
behaviour in windows]
Also drag and drop would strip the iPod of some features such as stats,
ratings, pictures etc because iTunes actually creates a DB file that
the firmware will 'talk' to. If you would rather use drag-and-drop for
your mp3 player there are quite a few out there to satisfy your needs.
Some will allow only to copy the music on the player [ex-gf's Panasonic
wouldn't let me copy anything back], others are completely friendly -
like some Creative players - and will let you do whatever you want.
Yes, this is a provision to keep Apple out of legal trouble, but
they've done the minimum amount of work so as to not make it impossible
but just sufficiently hard to copy music out of the iPod. The Panasonic
firmware, for example, would actively corrupt songs when you tried to
copy them out of the player [I/O timeout errors] so Apple could've done
worse.
Cheers and good luck!
--
si vis pacem
para bellum
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