more on Apple's iPod code 'cracked'

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From: John Lyon <[email protected]>
Date: October 26, 2006 10:12:24 AM EDT
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [IP] more on Apple's iPod code 'cracked'

Also respectfully submitted as part of the discussion.

I speak as a music fan, not as a technician, or with any technical  
knowledge
of the issue.

I can use iTunes on my Mac, my iPod, and could use iTunes on my Windows
boxen to play the copy protected tracks. There's no there, there,  
from my
perspective.

Where there *is* a "there" is when I switch from Windows to Linux and  
decide
to play the tracks on my new Ubuntu boxen, or I wish to use a  
streaming app
like Streamsicle to stream my music across my home LAN.

THERE's where I'd like to be unleashed from Apple's restrictions* -  
I'd also
like to avoid the "speed bump" of converting from one lossy format to
another, so as to keep the fidelity as high as possible.

I see all the other hypothetical as just so much noise. Again -  
speaking as
a fan and from an admittedly narrow perspective.

--
John Lyon, Austin TX

* Not really an issue if Apple releases iTunes for Linux.