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Surprising then that Apple launched iTunes with the ‘rip. mix. burn.’ slogan in 2000 right after the DMCA was introduced.
by jameshart 3y ago
Surprising then that Apple launched iTunes with the ‘rip. mix. burn.’ slogan in 2000 right after the DMCA was introduced.
- px43 3y agoThere was no copy protection being bypassed in that era, and ripping CDs was just a normal thing that people did to listen to music on their computer without having to worry about scratch discs etc.
- blangk 3y agoOr share them on soulseek libraries
- actionfromafar 3y agoApple had copy protection.
- sbuk 3y agoNot in 2001 when the commercials were airing - the iTunes Store was two years away...
- WWLink 3y agoApple only had copy protection (m4p files) if you bought music from the itunes store during the time period where their contract with the music companies demanded they do that. When that clause ended, they stopped doing it, and IIRC when you redownload music purchased during that era from apple, you'll now get unprotected m4a files instead. The files iTunes produced from ripping CDs were never copy protected.
- kmeisthax 3y agoIf you think that's crazy, a year prior Steve Jobs went up on stage at MacWorld and showed off a PlayStation emulator[0]. Today Apple has been extremely adamant in trying to kill off companies emulating iOS, specifically citing DMCA 1201 as some sort of right to not be emulated. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connectix_Virtual_Game_Station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connectix_Virtual_Game_Station