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Hackers re-enable PyMusique access to iTMS

updated 08:15 am EST, Wed March 23, 2005

PyMusique access to iTMS


The trio of developers who created PyMusique have found yet another way for their software application to purchase copy-protection free songs from the iTunes Music Store (iTMS), following Apple and released a new version of PyMusique (for Linux only) that allows users to once again browse the iTMS and purchase DRM-free music.


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  1. bobolicious

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    AAC quality is so...

    ...disappointing to me I don't know why so many are buying online music in the first place - I last about 4-5 songs & then start longing for my CD player anyway...

  1. PBG4 User

    Senior User

    Joined: Feb 2001

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    ... and so it begins

    The DRM wars have begun.

  1. pastusza

    Mac Enthusiast

    Joined: Nov 1999

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    You still have to BUY

    You still have to BUY the music. It's not like you're stealing it.

    iTunes 4.8 should be out any day now....

    Andy

  1. kikkoman

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    Joined: Nov 2002

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    AAC quality

    I consider myself an "audiophie" but I do purchase music from iTunes mainly because of the convenience.

  1. ibugv4

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    hmm

    bobolicious is amoung the less than 5% of the general world-wide music listening population that can distinguish the difference in AAC/MP3/AIFF compressions. It sucks to be you, man, cause CDs won't be around in another 6 years ... welcome to the future.

  1. Chris Hutcheson

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    hmm

    ...and can you quote a source to validate your 5% figure?

  1. cyngus

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    Joined: Apr 1999

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    Re; hmm

    While the figure may not be exactly 5%, it is very small, and may even be less than 5%. The simple fact is that MP3 compression results in minimal to zero quality loss for most types of music. Music employing very high or very low tones suffers the most and music with many instruments involved simultaneously (ie. a symphony) also suffer. AAC is better at preserving quality and I have never, once been able to tell the difference between a CD and a 128Kbps AAC. It should be notes that "true" audiophiles are dismayed with CD quality, and may pushed for a higher bit rate when the CD standard was approved.

  1. tontondavid10

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    It's not the music...

    It's the hi fidelity I care about... What exactly is the problem with AAC? Is there a hiss, a buzz, the sound of farting in the background????

  1. jimothy

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    Joined: Sep 2000

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    5% figure

    Did you know that 67% of statistics are made up?

  1. ecrelin

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    Joined: Oct 2000

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    Buy Schmy…

    its stealing.
    I'm no fan of DRM but why is it there? Because you have Aholes like these guys who don't like what is offered so they think they have the right to take it the way they want it. I don't like the greed culture of big business and I have some pirated software but not that I use regularly or for business. I buy that because if you don't the whole system goes to h***. If thievery wasn't so rampant no one would really care but since people champion clowns like these, geeez look we have things like DRM. For all of you who have LimeWire, Kazaa or the old Napster, how many legitimate files do or did you share and with whom? My bet is 99.9% was pirated music, movies or software. I know, you really really want it but you just can't afford it, no one will notice if you just grab it behind their back, hmmmm wonder where the greed in the business world comes from? These guys should be arrested and treated like any common thief.

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