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Roughly how many songs have you bought from the iTunes Music Store since its April 2003 launch?
1/1: Roughly how many songs have you bought from the iTunes Music Store since its April 2003 launch?
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Purchased Songs
Just over 200 to date, which is roughly 1 to 2 songs per week. Way cheaper than my coffee habit, and last longer!
Sources?
Be interesting to see where people get their stuff from generally.
By reason
I don't buy from Apple for the very same reason ("don't trust DRM to work on my next computer or player").
By reason
1. Burn purchased tracks to CD-RW.
By reason
difficult? maybe not, pain in the ass? definately yes.
By reason
"- ITMS seems to sell 128kb AAC's. they are not worth the money, IMHO" Have you bought one to try out? ---
By reason
"In ten years you buy a new computer??? I'm on my fourth Apple in 5 years...besides, I always burn to CD then rip as mp3 for a backup.
By reason
Believe me, in 10 years you will have most probably reach your 5 computer's limit.
By reason
Believe me, in 10 years you will have most probably reach your 5 computer's limit.
I've been buying on iTMS for almost 2 years now and I am at 4 out of 5... :-(
Just deauthorize the old computers first! I've done this several times already. It's a simple thing to do right in iTunes! I've also done it when changing hard drives. I'm still at 2 authorized computers, even though it should have been at 5 now. Secondly, as other's have said, always backup your purchases by burning an audio CD.
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I don't buy from the iTMS...
I never buy from the iTMS, because I don't like DRM and I want CD quality audio.
I hate DRM but I don't let that stop me!
I'm not sure how many tunes I've purchased... every now and then I burn a CD of everything I've bought lately and then copy it back into the computer as MP3 and erase or archive the originals. 192kbps MP3 is high enough quality for me, and thankfully DRM-free!
CD-Burning-Emulation
Isn't there any programm which emulates a CD-burner by in fact writing to an iso-image or a -dmg-file? Just in case that you don't have any CD-R available, then it should be possible to "burn" somehow an Audio-CD-image and grab it afterwards to mp3 from this image. This should even be scriptable...
CD-Burning-Emulation
You can use an application called Audio Hijack to record the sound of any program on your computer. I have used that on the about 20 songs I have bought from there because I cannot play them in my DJ software (and yes, I realise that the quality is not enough but if you cannot find it elsewhere...).
I hate DRM but I don't let that stop me!
D'accord! Burning Audio CDs for backup purpose and converting to mp3 for my convenience (as long as non-iPod devices [mp3-cd players, my DVD, etc...] won't play them). CD-RWs work fine too if one doesn't like "wasting" CD-Rs...
iTMS is useful for checking out artists, not buying
For valentines day I wanted to create a slideshow of couples in my church and I wanted to use "Moonlight Serenade" by Glen Miller. I bought the song on iTunes and did the iPhoto > iMovie slideshow dealy. And what do I get, but a DRM'd .mov file that will only play sound on my computer. Meaning I couldn't play it on the projector computer. So the song purchase was a waste. I ended up downloading it again off of bittorrent just so I could show it that night. I wasn't distributing the copy, or selling it, only showing it to a select audience. iTMS with their DRM restricted my fair use.
iTMS is useful for checking out artists, not buying
Playing a song for an audience isn't fair use according to the RIAA, but you could have just authorized the song in iTunes on that machine. You have five computers to authorize, after all.
iTMS is useful for checking out artists, not buying
Glen Miller sold his soul to the RIAA, or at least all his music rights.
hmm.
2,042.
iTMS and me
Posted this on the main page, but anyway:
iTMS and me
ok. someone tell me why allofmp3.com isn't organized piracy? I wouldn't buy from them. Buy CDs at a used CD store, or buy on iTMS and back it up. Exercise your natural rights to preserve your purchases and strip the -d-r-m-. you can always do that later though... if you back them up. I think it is a certainty that anyone who spends thousands on music will want to keep that music, and how likely is it that the iTMS survives you? So eventually you will have to break DRM.
iTMS and me
someone tell me why allofmp3.com isn't organized piracy?I agree. I wouldn't buy from them.Me neither. I can't justify supporting a piracy racket in good conscience regardless of how negatively I feel about the RIAA, etc. Heck, I'd rather pirate directly without the middleman if I wanted to be "rebellious" that way.
iTMS and me
I'm dying to see something that says 'allofmp3 has mafia ties' that isn't a comment on some forum like this or slashdot.
iTMS and me
Because they paid the RIAA what it asked for. The RIAA/major labels sold their music at 'bulk' prices to be 'rebroadcast' by Russian companies.
Wow
1346 songs, 3.2 days, 4.68GB I started buying all my music from the iTMS this past December.
Free music!
Purchased? None. However, there are 130 songs in my purchased list, simply by leeching off of the free music download of the week.
12 other nuts like me, so far
"1646" items (a booklet in .PDF came with David Gilmour's - On an Island) making that 1645 songs/comedy since the store opened. Bought my n! copy of Dark Side of the Moon as the first album 5/2/03 @ 9:51 am (still like my mobile fidelity sound labs copy best...)
Not high-quality
I buy only those few songs where I really do only want one or two songs from the artist, usually for nostalgia reasons. Less than 50 songs total so far. I would buy more, despite the DRM, if the quality were higher. I can hear way too much audio-artifacting at 128kbps. If Apple offered the music at 192 (or even 160), the quality would be vastly better.
Not high-quality
I agree completely. I tend to buy individual songs, letting them aggregate in my shopping cart until it reaches critical mass (5-10 songs), then reviewing it to make sure I really want to waste a dollar on... say... the Humpty Dance. When I want entire albums, I buy the physical CDs. I also have a large (and growing) collection of classical and jazz music, which I never buy from iTMS, not only for lack of quality but also for lack of liner notes (which are often quite extensive for classical and jazz, and a PDF booklet isn't gonna cut it for me).
Not high-quality
"Waste a buck"? "The Humpty Dance" is priceless!
4000!
Wow, someone (one person at this time) has purchased over 4000 songs from iTMS.
Bought Zero items from ITMS
Bought Zero items from ITMS. Been tempted though. Biggest reason for not buying == 128 Kbit. I know AAC is "better" but 128 is just too low. That and DRM. Apple's DRM is tolerable but if they want to sell 128 Kbps stuff I would want less restrictions.
What about other media?
I rarely buy songs from ITMS, but I often buy TV shows. I bought the second season of BSG, a few of the SNL skits, both seasons of Drawn Together, Adam 12, The A-Team, and a few episodes of Dragnet.
mostly indie stuff
I buy mostly what I can't find in the local record stores, then of course immediately transcode to MP3 to get rid of the DRM.
But most of mine are free...
I've got 163 songs, but about 120 of these are the weekly free music downloads. Only once did I end up buying music (not off iTMS I might add, but the actual CD) for an artist from the free music download, and that was because of James Blunt's High.
Half a million songs bought by MacOSXHints people!
According to this poll thus far we have purchased somewhere from at least 326820 songs up to at least 490583 songs! (yay for spreadsheets)
Not until there is no DRM and I can redownload my songs.
I more than likely will NEVER use it, even as much as I like Apple and their products. Plus, I love music. But I don't like the idea that if I didn't backup my music, I lose it all, even if purchased. That is BS. I should be able to re-download the files at will.
Not until there is no DRM and I can redownload my songs.
People have been able to re-download all their purchased music. You just need to call. They don't guarantee it, however, and that's why you get a message telling you to back up your music. It's not hard to do, especially if you're already backing up everything else that's important. You ARE backing up everything else, right?
Not until there is no DRM and I can redownload my songs.
Hey, the same thing happens with physical CDs. You don't back them up, and they get scratched or lost or shattered, you don't get a new free replacement CD. Plus iTunes albums are about $4-5 cheaper than regular retail prices for CDs, usually.
I think Apple made the right choice
I find it funny that sooo many people complain about the 128kbps of the AAC on the iTMS. DVDs that have Dolby Surround sound are the same bitrate, and very few people complain about that quality.
I think Apple made the right choice
"I find it funny that sooo many people complain about the 128kbps of the AAC on the iTMS. DVDs that have Dolby Surround sound are the same bitrate, and very few people complain about that quality.
I think Apple made the right choice
Don't want to get into a big argument, so just a couple quick points here:
1) iTMS sells its songs in AAC format, not MP3 -- AAC is still lossy, but is a much more complex and superior codec. (In other words, a 128kbps AAC file and a 128kbps MP3 file are the same size, but the AAC will sound better). 2) AC3 is not lossless -- lossless codecs can't get anywhere near the file-size-savings that made MP3 popular and are needed for iTMS or other online stores. From the Dolby Wikipedia article: Dolby is part of a group of organizations involved in the development of AAC (Advanced Audio Coding), part of MPEG specifications, and also considered the successor to MP3. AAC outperforms AC-3 at any bitrate, but is more complex. The advantages of AAC become clearly audible at less than 400 kbit/s for 5.1 channels, and at less than 180 kbit/s for 2.0 channels.
I think Apple made the right choice
Quote:
AC3 and ITMS AAC
a couple of points:
Bought No Music, But Got 1 Ep. of a TV Show
I've bought no music off the iTMS, and most likely never will. I listen to the streaming stations on iTunes for my music and am satisfied with that. But I've bought 1 episode of a TV series-the season finale of Battlestar Galactica, Lay Down Your Troubles. That worked out well enough I may buy more episodes of my fav. TV shows.
I was an addict
In the space of roughly two months, I purchased just over 100 songs, enough I would have called myself an addict. However 3 of those tracks were corrupted during download, and iTunes support staff ignored all my emails.
And the total is...
Depending on whether I use the low end, mid point, or high end of the ranges, macosxhints' readers have spent somewhere between $651K and $1.044M at the music store (I used 5,001, 6,500 and 8,000 for the 'over 5,000' bucket). This also assumes standard pricing of $.99 per song...
Would buy more...
the iTMS Canada is a poor stepchild compared with the US store.
And the total is...
Nice. You do know, however, that you are missing the variables
Would buy more...
As a fellow Canadian, I definitely agree that the U.S store is leaps and bounds ahead of ours (although I'm pretty sure that every other non-US country feels the exact same way...us Canadians take it more seriously due to the geographical closeness to our iTMS superiors).
I buy CDs only
I haven't purchased any songs off of the iTunes Music Store. I only purchase
1 to 100 breakdown
I'd have been curious to see a more granular breakdown of the 1 to 100 range,
I can`t buy
I can't buy from Mexico, or with credit card with address in Mexico. :(
5000+?!
Whoever voted 5000+ songs, are you serious?! I think your just joking around. |
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