http://www.williamboot.net/2007/01/26/bestial-acts-in-the-name-of-consumer-protection-itunes-edition/ A weblog on economics and psychology Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:09:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://www.williamboot.net/2007/01/26/bestial-acts-in-the-name-of-consumer-protection-itunes-edition/#comment-2607 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 08:52:16 +0000 http://www.williamboot.net/2007/01/26/bestial-acts-in-the-name-of-consumer-protection-itunes-edition/#comment-2607 Even with all of Apples copy protection investment, euro and westminster mandates I still find it astonishing that you can use iTunes to burn a CD of a playlist of protected music (M4P) and then rip it to any other format you like - including AAC - thus allowing you to share it with the world if you so desire. The innovating are usually the techno-savvy users of this technology and there will always be a way around the technical and "euro muddling" inhibiting behaviour of others. Even with all of Apples copy protection investment, euro and westminster mandates I still find it astonishing that you can use iTunes to burn a CD of a playlist of protected music (M4P) and then rip it to any other format you like - including AAC - thus allowing you to share it with the world if you so desire. The innovating are usually the techno-savvy users of this technology and there will always be a way around the technical and “euro muddling” inhibiting behaviour of others.

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