Here's a question: When you buy digital media, what are you actually getting for your money? Actual ownership over a copy of the media -- a la analog media purchases -- or just permission to watch/read/listen to something whenever you want? That's the question currently at the heart of a lawsuit about digital music files.
Originally promised in October, Apple’s $25-per-year iTunes Match service has finally gone live. Unlike competing services that let you upload your songs “to the cloud” for easy access from other computers and portable devices, iTunes Match scans your music collection and cross-references your songs with the songs on its servers. If there’s a match—get it?—then you’ll have access to that song while on the go.
Apple’s iTunes may have ushered in a digital revolution to the music industry, making music more affordable and—in tandem with the iPod and other MP3 players—more of a feature in people’s day-to-day lives, but according to Pete Townshend, iTunes is a “digital vampire” that’s bleeding musicians by taking a commission for each download sold.
Don’t blame Apple for the iCloud’s inability to stream and re-download iTunes movies. The issue here is a Hollywood system full of complications and competing interests.
You can now download iTunes 10.5 from Apple’s website, which might not be a bad idea if you’re planning on installing the new iOS 5 software on your iPhone, iPad and/or iPod Touch when it becomes available tomorrow. Apple’s tubes might get a bit clogged once everyone starts trying to grab iOS 5, so maybe [...]
Zooey Deschanel fans, today is your lucky day: Fox has released the first episode of the actress’ new sitcom, New Girl, online for free, a full two weeks before the show debuts on television.
Late last week MG Siegler of TechCrunch posted a detailed account of Amazon’s mythical tablet, which many had hoped would finally pose serious competition to Apple and their iPad crown.
[UPDATE: An Apple representative told All Things Digital that iTunes in the Cloud will not include streaming, as reported here. Users will be able to listen to a song while it's downloading--hence Insanely Great Mac's video of what appears to be streaming in action--but the file will need to be stored locally in order to be [...]
If you’ve been buying your MP3s from Walmart, I have some bad news for you: You won’t be able to continue doing so after August 28th (Well, bad news and also a question: Why were you buying MP3s from Walmart?).
A pair of iTunes-related rumors hint at big plans ahead for Apple’s TV and movie service.
Since Apple announced its new iTunes Match service on Monday, many have been wondering what will be the legal status of the songs they “upgrade” using the service. Here are some answers.
