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Griffin Announces iTrip Station Finder Software

Can someone post the stations for NY?  I have found 88.1 to work pretty good.

Posted by Bill on July 28, 2003 at 6:58 AM (PDT)

Cringely: One Possible Future for a Music Business

The fair use that allows me to rip a CD I own to mp3 (or AAC) and listen to it in my iPod isn’t affecting the value of the work. I’ve already purchased a copy. It is simply making it more convenient for me. Instead of having to walk around with a bulky portable CD player, i can walk around with my stylish iPod.

In the Snapster case, it clearly is affecting the value.
There is no right to make infinite copies for the individual shareholders. The corporation could have a fair use copy, such as for a backup, but clearly couldn’t distribute multiple copies to people. It is no different that a company buying a single copy of a SW program and then making copies for all their employees. 

Posted by StupidIdea on July 28, 2003 at 6:29 AM (PDT)

Mac: iPod Access 3.1.5 released

yep.
m4a = mpeg4 audio (aka. AAC)
m4p = mpeg4 protected audio

Posted by Nathan Adams on July 28, 2003 at 1:35 AM (PDT)

Dr. Mac: BuyMusic isn't .com-parable to Mac's iTunes

“ You are the minority....learn to live with that.  There is a reason why the huge majority of people in this world do not buy MACs.”

and it’s definately not what you’re thinking of.

The reason the platform bashing comes into proceedings on Apple sites is because people like pbox and E39 come on to lie flame bait. As far as I know, Mac users have better things to do than cruising around PC sites posting junk like “software costs TWICE as much”.

Posted by Nathan Adams on July 28, 2003 at 1:25 AM (PDT)

Cringely: One Possible Future for a Music Business

Stupid, all I can do for you is to remind you, as I said already, that ALL fair use by nature affects the potential market value of the copyrighted work, as it by nature adjusts whether or not people will purchase the property.

Posted by Druid on July 27, 2003 at 5:30 PM (PDT)

Windows: iPod Software 1.3 Update Released

Zync, why dont u go over to a zen board and stop bugging us ‘podders.

stupid loser.

Posted by foo_foo on July 27, 2003 at 1:50 PM (PDT)

Dr. Mac: BuyMusic isn't .com-parable to Mac's iTunes

Why is it that platform bashing only occurs in Apple related sites? Have you ever asked yourself that question? PC related sites do a damn good job at sticking to the issues at hand without having to worry about other platforms. 

And every MAC user knows this.  MAC owners are always so defensive.  They think that the computer world is MAC vs. Rest of the world!  Well, it is not.  It is MAC vs. IBM vs. Microsoft vs. etc....  Why you ask?  Because there are thousands of MFRs and the fact that 99.99% choose to work with PCs it does not mean that Apple users HAVE to criticize everything else.  Get a life.

You are the minority....learn to live with that.  There is a reason why the huge majority of people in this world do not buy MACs.

Posted by c3ft on July 27, 2003 at 12:26 PM (PDT)

Griffin Announces iTrip Station Finder Software

Hey guys, windows user here -
could somebody post the stations for Chicago? It would be greatly appreciated.

Posted by Tom on July 27, 2003 at 11:04 AM (PDT)

Cringely: One Possible Future for a Music Business

Druid,

There are 4 basic consideration when determining if a use is fair use. #4 is the relevant one to the discussion. The law states:

“the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work. “

In other words, if such use could affect a sale, it isn’t fair use.

Posted by StupidIdea on July 27, 2003 at 10:50 AM (PDT)

"BuyMusic.com blocks Mac access"

Hm, I don’t see what the huge deal is, am I the only one that doesn’t care for online music stores?  I’d much rather find a 9.99 copy of an album in the store and rip it myself and whatever quality I desire, retaining a nice cd backup.  Not to mention, neither buymusic.com nor the itunes music store have the widest selection (for my tastes).

I’m a recent mac user, used pcs for a very long time, and am not a fanatic of either platform.  I just like the way my mac works.  So can we please stop the platform bashing? because we all know that their are intelligent and moronic users of both mac and windows.

(for the record, I also think the itunes store is much more professionally set up and more pleasing to browse, but that’s just my opinion)

Posted by ambika s on July 27, 2003 at 10:49 AM (PDT)

Dr. Mac: BuyMusic isn't .com-parable to Mac's iTunes

oops, meant to post that in the next news update, sorry, i’m going to move it

Posted by ambika s on July 27, 2003 at 10:47 AM (PDT)

Dr. Mac: BuyMusic isn't .com-parable to Mac's iTunes

Hm, I don’t see what the huge deal is, am I the only one that doesn’t care for online music stores?  I’d much rather find a 9.99 copy of an album in the store and rip it myself and whatever quality I desire, retaining a nice cd backup.  Not to mention, neither buymusic.com or the itunes music store have the widest selection (for my tastes).

I’m a recent mac user, used pcs for a very long time, and am not a fanatic of either platform.  I just like the way my mac works.  So can we please stop the platform bashing? because we all know that their are intelligent and moronic users of both mac and windows.

(for the record, I also think the itunes store is much more professionally set up and more pleasing to browse, but that’s just my opinion)

Posted by ambika s on July 27, 2003 at 10:37 AM (PDT)

Griffin Announces iTrip Station Finder Software

I’m on Mac OS X, but it is odd that Windows and OS 9 versions would not have been posted at the same time--and why not online as well? It’s a simple app. RealBasic or Director could have made something for all platforms.

My guess: maybe someone (in or out of Griffin) just whipped this up on their own, and it wasn’t a formal thing. But it was good, and polished, so Griffin posted it for everyone rather than withhold it.

Posted by Nagromme on July 27, 2003 at 10:07 AM (PDT)

Griffin Announces iTrip Station Finder Software

The purpose of the program is perfect for me: when I travel, I can look up new frequencies on my PowerBook without having to go online!

Also, a general tip I’ve heard: lower or detach your car antenna to gain lots of clear fequency space. Haven’t tried it.

There are other tips included with the new Griffin app, though, in a clear and concise document. It’s worth making sure you are following the tips.

Posted by Nagromme on July 27, 2003 at 10:02 AM (PDT)

Mac: iPod Access 3.1.5 released

Spirit, XPlay and EphPod both allow you to copy files off the ipod onto a PC.  I cant remember if either of them automatically rename the file to match the tag information, but there are plenty of free programs which can do this automatically (such as ID3-TagIt, which I use).

Posted by Druid on July 27, 2003 at 7:08 AM (PDT)

Dr. Mac: BuyMusic isn't .com-parable to Mac's iTunes

pbox - fine. stick with PC. I don’t care
but really, keep it to yourself and stop posting utter crap.
winamp is simply NOT better than iTunes
the price difference is NOT 2:1
plug a multi-button mouse into a mac - whoa! it works!
software does NOT cost double on Mac. show me one app where that’s the case.
MacOS upgrades are fffaaaarrrr more substantial than a “service pack”

and if you object to Apple’s industrial design so much, why are you at an iPod site?

really, i don’t want to get into platform wars. each to his/her own. I just wanted to point out some terribly misinformed tripe.

Posted by Nathan Adams on July 27, 2003 at 5:23 AM (PDT)

Dr. Mac: BuyMusic isn't .com-parable to Mac's iTunes

Listen E39, now what you don’t know is that I too have both a PC and a MAC and I know hardware more than you may assume. You say that your MAC crashes and your PC works better, thats fine. Nobody said the MAC is simply perfection because we know its not.  I’m just saying that Apple seems to go in the right direction when it comes to ease of use whereas it can take a lot of grief to make one simple thing work on the PC.  Forget the platform bashing and let’s stick to the music stores.  I checked out buymusic.com and its so bad.  How can you say that everything is 79 cents when only a limited amount of songs cost that amount while everything else is almost 2 bucks.  I think Gates should definitely start battling back and come up with their own store instead of leaving it to third parties who always seem to mess it up.  Apple has gone in the right direction and did it themselves which is why it works flawlessly with MACs.  Usually the makers of the OS know their software the best but they’re are third parties out there who can do something good to but in this case buymusic isn’t it.

Posted by PrimalTheory on July 26, 2003 at 9:48 PM (PDT)

Mac: iPod Access 3.1.5 released

Choose aac encoding in iTunes.  CD’s that are encoded are called m4a.  Those tunes downloaded from iTunes Music Store are m4p.  Been a while since I used podworks.  Transferred a few songs to daughters computer.  If I recall, files are automatically transferred to music folder then manually double click them and iTunes would recognize and sort them after that.  May even be an easier way I am not aware of. 

Posted by Strepper on July 26, 2003 at 7:56 PM (PDT)

New iTrip for 3G iPods Delayed

man...i just got my iPod and now iTrip got delayed??  my car only has a cd player/radio and iTrip is the only way i can hear it in my car.  So much for road trip listening this month…

Posted by anony on July 26, 2003 at 5:37 PM (PDT)

Mac: iPod Access 3.1.5 released

is there a program for pc users?

Posted by spirit on July 26, 2003 at 4:49 PM (PDT)

Mac: iPod Access 3.1.5 released

what is m4p?

also, since filenames are stripped when loaded to the ipod, what filenames do you get when you put the ipod files back onto the computer?

and it doesn’t work with the 15gb new ipod?

Posted by spirit on July 26, 2003 at 4:47 PM (PDT)

Dr. Mac: BuyMusic isn't .com-parable to Mac's iTunes

support http://dontbuymusic.com !! =)

Posted by robin on July 26, 2003 at 3:34 PM (PDT)

Target 15GB iPods in Stock at $359.99

Woohoo! Ordered one!
I tried taking a printout of the order page in to Best Buy for a pricematch, but even their manager wouldn’t. He said “that’s below our cost”
BS, of course, but their loss, and while it costs me a few dollars more for shipping and a few days longer, at least I’m not waiting in line over there for an hour.

Now if only they’d come out with an Aux-In adapter for my sonata.

Posted by JC on July 26, 2003 at 1:38 PM (PDT)

Windows: iPod Software 1.3 Update Released

lol.....I don’t think that I’ve really complained about the different computers...in fact I used to hate macs....now I love them....but I only have a powerbook 230 and it’s missing a PS.....anyway....I love macs and PCs....they both have their advantages and both have their disadvantages....and actually I’d rather have OSX over my Win XP Pro, why? even though Jobs sells an OS based from a free operating system, BSD, and uses a GUI based from his earlier NEXT ventures....but BSD is based off of Unix and that should be more stable than XP....anyways I don’t really have a preference so I don’t see where we’ve really degenerated....it seems that most people miss my point so here it is plain and simple:

1. This has been a long time coming.

2. It should have been here somewhat near the mac update, and no matter what Apple should release them in tandem to prevent irritating either group or

3. Apple should have let us know what was going on and why we had such delays. (Which is not an “or” in this case, because they were not released in tandem)

Posted by zync on July 26, 2003 at 10:32 AM (PDT)

'iPod: The Missing Manual' book released

bet they’ve included apple history, design team of iPod, etc.

useless info u can get from a google search

Posted by Stasyna on July 26, 2003 at 9:00 AM (PDT)