karohemd: by LJ user gothindulgence (DJ)
Ozzy ([personal profile] karohemd) wrote2005-03-21 11:29 pm
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iTunes help needed

I just wanted to get the Melissa Etheridge/Joss Stone duet from the Grammies award so I downloaded iTunes but it tells me it's not available in the UK store. Is it possible to connect to the US store and if so, how? Or would some kind US friend be able to get it for me?

Thanks in advance!
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[identity profile] kingnat.livejournal.com 2005-03-22 08:58 am (UTC)(link)
So why is Rhapsody constantly trying to bypass the iPod firmware in order to allow it's customers to use an iPod for stuff they bought on Rhapsody?

If it's playing stuff from other services, whatever you do, don't connect it to the iTunes player, and for the love of god, never allow it to update the firmware.

[identity profile] sogoth.livejournal.com 2005-03-22 09:20 am (UTC)(link)
don't know, but the Rhapsody website doesn't mention anything about that issue in it's FAQ or help sections; it only seems to mention the ipod crashing occasionally if you try to start a transfer immediately after opening the Rhapsody software as well. Granted, I've not actually used their service as I prefer CD to digital media.

As for itunes and the updates... I'm on the latest versions of both *shrug*

[identity profile] kingnat.livejournal.com 2005-03-22 09:38 am (UTC)(link)
Well there's a lot of issues at the moment about Fairplay being really bastarly with Apple being real gits. They release a new version, and things stop working if they're not from iTunes. Then the other providers scramble to sidestep the limitations, and Apple breaks in in the next update.

I'm expecting legal problems for them in the EU.

[identity profile] sogoth.livejournal.com 2005-03-22 09:42 am (UTC)(link)
I think some watchdog board in the UK (I forget who) is in the process of bringing a court case against iTunes for price fixing and charging different amounts in different countries, so the whole DMR/country specific/vendor specific things will probably be raised in that case

[identity profile] kingnat.livejournal.com 2005-03-22 09:48 am (UTC)(link)
I expect so.
The whole fiasco has seriously turned me off to Apple though. I can't see them as any less greedy then Microsoft any more, and I can't condone their business practices any more than I can with the Gates Empire.

They still have the best industrial and user design though, and I'd still like a Mac as a graphics workstation.

Just not as much as I once did.
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