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• The Big Five vs. the rest of us (Score:2)

  by ziggy (25)

  I am, frankly, more offended by the clearly false assertion by Jobs that we are not being treated like criminals than I am by the fact that I cannot share the music or burn playlists without limit (except in the case of copying files from shared playlists).

  First of all, the "good karma" limitations being placed on copying media are like the lock on your front door -- it's there to keep honest people honest, not prevent illegal activity. Anyone who wants to illegally copy digital music badly enough wil
  • Re:The Big Five vs. the rest of us (Score:2)

    by pudge (1) on 2003.04.30 10:14 (#19624) Homepage Journal

    It is more like Apple putting a lock on my front door and letting me have a key to it, that I can use 10 times a day, in order to make sure I am not letting anyone else use my computer.

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    • Re:The Big Five vs. the rest of us (Score:1)

      by joek (4192)

      There is NOT a 10x limit on burning a particular song (protected or not). You can burn any song an infinite amount of times.

      There is a playlist restriction... not a song restriction.