Flying Music -- iTunes PIREP

Larry Fransson ) wrote:

It's not actually MP3 format. It's AAC (Advanced Audio Codec). That
difference might be lost on most people, but it's important. Playing from
your computer (using iTunes) or burning to a CD is no problem. But if
you're planning to transfer your tunes to a portable player, you'll want to
make sure that it supports AAC. A lot of manufacturers are going with the
"Microsoft Standard" of WMA, and excluding AAC.

One way around that is to burn the tunes to CD and then rip them to
whichever format you need. Audiophiles will howl (because you're adding
losses upon losses), but the rest of us probably won't be able to tell the
difference.

Good to know. Thanks, Larry.

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In article 2004012909433416807%newsgroups@larryandjennynet ,
Larry Fransson wrote:

On 2004-01-29 07:37:31 -0800, "Jay Honeck" said:

When you find a song you want, just click on "Buy this song" and it
downloads in MP3 format.

It's not actually MP3 format. It's AAC (Advanced Audio Codec). That
difference might be lost on most people, but it's important. Playing from
your computer (using iTunes) or burning to a CD is no problem. But if
you're planning to transfer your tunes to a portable player, you'll want to
make sure that it supports AAC. A lot of manufacturers are going with the
"Microsoft Standard" of WMA, and excluding AAC.

One way around that is to burn the tunes to CD and then rip them to
whichever format you need. Audiophiles will howl (because you're adding
losses upon losses), but the rest of us probably won't be able to tell the
difference.


But the iPod itself commands 25% of the market, and it plays AAC great..

"Larry Fransson" wrote in message
news:2004012909433416807%newsgroups@larryandjennyn et...
One way around that is to burn the tunes to CD and then rip them to
whichever format you need.

http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm

Just googled for it. Converts AAC to MP3 in software.

Paul

"Jay Honeck" writes:

After checking out the free (and apparently
illegal) service at "SoulSeek,"

Unlikely "Soulseek" is illegal. There may be files on the
peer-to-peer network that appear to be in violation of copyright law,
but that doesn't mean the service is illegal.

Unlikely "Soulseek" is illegal. There may be files on the
peer-to-peer network that appear to be in violation of copyright law,
but that doesn't mean the service is illegal.

Providing the means and method with which to break the law isn't illegal?

By that logic, (and admittedly this is an extreme example) the guy who
supplied the explosives to blow up the Federal Building in Oklahoma City
should be released. All he did was provide the means, right?

And Soulseek is providing these means on a truly grand scale. I'm no
lawyer, but using the site sure "felt" illegal!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:L8eSb.181253$xy6.869765@attbi_s02...

Providing the means and method with which to break the law isn't illegal?

In general not. Otherwise every gun store owner and manufactuer would
already be locked up. Depending on the local laws, it may or may not
be legal for me to carry locksmithing tools with me. In some cases it's
only illegal for me to carry them if I intend to use them to break the law.

In the case of communications, you've really got to provide a convincing
case (or a lot of bribe money, er I mean, campaign donations) to place
a restriction on it.

By that logic, (and admittedly this is an extreme example) the guy who
supplied the explosives to blow up the Federal Building in Oklahoma City
should be released. All he did was provide the means, right?

I'm not sure who you are talking about. If you're talking about Nichols,
he did more than just provide explosives...he was found guilty of conspiracy.

And Soulseek is providing these means on a truly grand scale. I'm no
lawyer, but using the site sure "felt" illegal!

Using it may be illegal, but that doesn't make the site owners liable.

Providing the means and method with which to break the law isn't
illegal?

In general not. Otherwise every gun store owner and manufactuer would
already be locked up. Depending on the local laws, it may or may not
be legal for me to carry locksmithing tools with me. In some cases it's
only illegal for me to carry them if I intend to use them to break the
law.

Good point. The law really does seem to be schizophrenic about this issue.

Figuring out where someone becomes an "accessory" to a crime is a really,
really fine line.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:aVeSb.51839$U%5.286277@attbi_s03...


Good point. The law really does seem to be schizophrenic about this issue.

Not much more than anything else.

Figuring out where someone becomes an "accessory" to a crime is a really,
really fine line.

Generally, you need specific knowledge about the criminal act. Prior restraint
on free speech is a hard thing to enforce even with a statute (or else these sites
would be long gone).

These sites will argue that they exist only to facilitate legal sharing of information.
The fact that they could be used for illegal activity doesn't making them (by their
argument) any more liable than Xerox is if someone sticks a $100 bill in the copier
and starts running off copies.

Jay Honeck wrote:

Providing the means and method with which to break the law isn't
illegal?

In general not. Otherwise every gun store owner and manufactuer would
already be locked up. Depending on the local laws, it may or may not
be legal for me to carry locksmithing tools with me. In some cases it's
only illegal for me to carry them if I intend to use them to break the
law.

Good point. The law really does seem to be schizophrenic about this issue.

Not at all. Anybody can make and sell anything that has a legal use. It is using
the item to break the law that's illegal, and that includes conspiring to do so.
Nothing schizoid about it.

George Patterson
Love, n.: A form of temporary insanity afflicting the young. It is curable
either by marriage or by removal of the afflicted from the circumstances
under which he incurred the condition. It is sometimes fatal, but more
often to the physician than to the patient.

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:%M9Sb.176619$I06.1794771@attbi_s01...

When you find a song you want, just click on "Buy this song" and it
downloads in MP3 format.

Are you sure about the MP3 format? Back when I looked into this,
they were delivering files in some not-MP3 format. I prefer MP3
because my CD player plays MP3 format CDs.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)