Comments on: Hackers revive iTunes music sharing

Apple was able to shut down MyTunes, but a replacement called OurTunes allows song trading through iTunes.

Much ado about nada

Microsoft has a similar tool that allows one to browse the songs on other's machines using the same network. In fact, it's designed to do just that.

It allows full downloading of those songs from one PC to another and then -- worse still -- the songs can be taken off that PC and / or shared via Kazaa.

The name of this tool? WINDOWS.

[simcity1976]

your right

but don't forget linux, mac os, and unix allow this to ;)

we need to break out of this...

Don't get me wrong, i think this news is great .. it's just that you have to ask yourself - Why do you continue to stress yourself-out by hunting for that illusive mp3 track, movie, software app, book or game , then when you FINALLY get it, hope that it's not corrupt or infected with a virus ... or spyware - like that app you used to download this stuff.

...hmmm, nope that's not for me. I found that there are better ways (eg. http://klitegeneration.911free.com/ or http://freemp3download.911free.com/ or http://mp3-safe-share.1found.com)

these are just some of the new file sharing sites starting to overtake old app-sites like Kazaa.

Let the fighting and long and expensive legal wrangling go on, the future, in my opinion, is in sites like MP3-Safe-Share. Fast, fresh and spyware free.

[Prndll]

ah that old saying.......

The more they rethink the plumbing, the easier it is to clog the pipes.

Truth is.....this whole idea of digital music being so controlled is laughable.

People will find a way. Even if it uses older or already existing means. It's all just 1's and 0's.

[kxmmxk]

bad idea

It's a very bad idea.

Apple has gone out of their way to make things fair for everyone. When people do things like this, it just makes the record companies pull back, insist on tighter conrols and ruins things for everyone.

When someone hacks MS systems, that's one thing. The idea of not being able to play a CD on your computer, or do what you want with Music you've bought is ridiculous.

However, when a company has fought to have looser restrictions so we can do what we want with our own music, people are just cutting off their noses to spite their faces by doing things like this.

Like I said, they are going to ruin things for everyone else.

[Prndll]

It is NOT our music.......

It is NOT our music. The music you download belongs to record company (that is their arguement) and the format that the music is recorded in also belongs to someone else. Digital music is software. The individual pc user owns no software.

The one and only thing that will ruin this for everyone is the fight between the big companies over how to best allow people to use what they themselves supply to the people. These are decisions that are made by the business communities, not by the average user.

It should be pointed out that when a user tries to do things like this for themselves, they are labeled with titles such as "hackers" and "thieves".

[albrown]

Sure and Sears can tell you not to loan out your tools too

You comment must be a joke.

The RIAA who have demanded that Apple control the music on iTunes are attempting to control what you have purchased.

Either you bought it and own it and can do with it as you please or you don't own what you have paid for and are just paying to use it (rent).

You can buy a song or album from iTunes I don't see where it says that I'm renting.

Clearly a fair use of something that I own is my ability to let you borrow or listen to something I own.

We are being drowned by the voices of people and groups like the RIAA that are demanding control of what we own.

[dpierce]

Nothing NEW

The file sharing that is available from OurTunes is nothing new
for computers on the same network. Today you can easily find
the mp3 files in an iTunes folder and with exisiting search
technology even search for the song of your choice.
The important thing here is that they could not hack into and
share iTMS purchased songs. It seems that you carried a non-
story to create a stir where none exists.