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iTunes Music Store vs. P2P: Which Do YOU Use?
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There's the free, illegal, and low quality, and then the costly, legal, and high quality...which one is your baby?
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iTMS...the only legal way to dl what you like..
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Originally posted by spitty27:
this is in the incorrect thread...this is not really software related.
Strange, it seems very software related to me...
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Originally posted by spitty27:
this is in the incorrect thread...this is not really software related.
Originally posted by tvfollower:
Strange, it seems very software related to me...
why are you fabricating something i never said?
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ITMS doesn't have a lot of the music I listen to.
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emusic first (it's legal, too, way cheaper and has much more of the music i listen to) and itunes second.
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I use p2p now - but that is just because the iTMS isn't available here in Europe right now. I'd much rather buy the music for a reasonable price from the iTMS.
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I download music that's very hard to find /anywhere/ (often out of print, if ever even for sale at all), much less the iTMS. And if there's something the iTMS has that I want, I'm more likely to go and get a physical CD instead. Though it is a great way to listen to samples of music I'd consider buying.
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When iTMS comes to Europe I will mostly use it. Until then, p2p is my friend. I'm not going to pay 30$ for three good songs and then filler songs.
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Originally posted by tvfollower:
There's the free, illegal, and low quality, and then the costly, legal, and high quality...which one is your baby?
There's the free, illegal and available and then there's the costly, legal, and unavailable.
I would use iTunes Music Store (though seldom) if I could.
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Originally posted by spitty27:
why are you fabricating something i never said?
Last edited by spitty27 on 09-22-2003 at 08:31 AM
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Originally posted by Developer:
There's the free, illegal and available and then there's the costly, legal, and unavailable.
I would use iTunes Music Store (though seldom) if I could.
repeated for emphasis.
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i still dont think iTMS has enough of the music i listen to. So, I prefer newsgroups.
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I haven't done much illegal downloading (perhaps 2 donzen songs over the last 3 years)-- mostly, I look for stuff that's not available for sale, like out-of-print, or bootleg live/demo recordings. Sure, it's illegal to download a song to which they hold a copyright, but if it's not available anywhere at any price for sale, who am I depriving of income? Since they're snooping and making criminals out of would-be customers, I'll be sticking to the used bin at the CD store.
I had been using the iTunes store, (bought about 6 albums and 10 individual songs) and was pretty happy with it, but now I'm boycotting the RIAA, and only purchasing music from independent labels/artists. So, until the ITMS gets some indie stuff going, I won't be buying anything.
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Originally posted by tvfollower:
There's the free, illegal, and low quality, and then the costly, legal, and high quality...which one is your baby?
What about free, illegal and high quality? You can find a lot of music encoded at up to 320 kbps (or even in .aiff format) if you know where look.
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Originally posted by malvolio:
What about free, illegal and high quality? You can find a lot of music encoded at up to 320 kbps (or even in .aiff format) if you know where look.
exactly.
serious Question: Will i be able to play my iTMS AAC files on my pc when the windows version of itunes is available. Can i play it on 3 computers (mac/pcs) or just "3 Macs"?
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Originally posted by mishap:
exactly.
serious Question: Will i be able to play my iTMS AAC files on my pc when the windows version of itunes is available. Can i play it on 3 computers (mac/pcs) or just "3 Macs"?
Probably... but seriously, how are we supposed to know??
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I've bought an assload of music from the iTMS. I love not having to wade through tons mislabeled, crappy files and slow download speeds.
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Originally posted by Spheric Harlot:
Yeah spitty that's seriously uncool 
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Both...I'd prefer to use the iTMS, but the selection is sorely lacking. Since the iTMS has ben available, I have severely decreased the time I spend using p2p download clients.
I still spend a ton on CD's also...sometimes it is worth the extra to get the album artwork. $9.99 on iTMS seems senseless when I can get the same new cd for $9.99-$12.99 at Best Buy or Circuit City.
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I voted for "I don't download". I download to try a new band or new album. If I like it, I buy the CD, if I don't I trash it. So for anything that I actually want, I buy the CD.
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Originally posted by tvfollower:
Strange, it seems very software related to me...
i wonder what THIS is
Last edited by tvfollower on 09-22-2003 at 12:24 AM
and who says i ever said THAT? i could have changed it from something different...not much thought behind that Spheric Harlot and Synotic....very not cool to accuse a fellow macnner   
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Spitty and I go to the same school, and he kept changing his posts to make me look weird, so I kept editing. He was in the wrong, don't worry...you guys were right...
Yoav, you need to get a life...seriously...but I still love you man!
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dude lol tvfollower im just playing...yes, just for you guys to know we're same high school and i was playing with him...calm down lol
BTW tvfollower is a switcher who has seen the light. thanks to me his next comp will be a pb15" for college next year
EDIT: theres an edit because tvfollower did not want me to disclose his name.
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Originally posted by spitty27:
dude lol tvfollower im just playing...yes, just for you guys to know we're same high school and i was playing with him...calm down lol
BTW tvfollower is a switcher who has seen the light. thanks to me his next comp will be a pb15" for college next year
EDIT: theres an edit because tvfollower did not want me to disclose his name.
Yup, I have certainly seen the light. Now I'm more obsessed than spitty over here, who's been a Mac lover all his life...and I don't even have a Mac yet!
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Closed because of 3 Reported Abuse e-mails. Please, no flamming. Just discussion. Feel free to start a new thread.
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