12-30-2006, 06:40 AM
"Likewise, songs purchased elsewhere aren't easily playable on iPods."
My entire music collection is from purchased audio CDs dating back over 20 years, all easily playable on iPods (once you rip them). Aren't CDs the largest "elsewhere" source of music?
Apple's position seems to be that the Audio CD is the universal interchange format for music, and purchased music can be exported (burned) as Audio CDs and iTunes can import Audio CDs. If other sellers of digital music don't allow their songs to be converted to Audio CDs then it seems like the problem is on their end, not Apple's.
My entire music collection is from purchased audio CDs dating back over 20 years, all easily playable on iPods (once you rip them). Aren't CDs the largest "elsewhere" source of music?
Apple's position seems to be that the Audio CD is the universal interchange format for music, and purchased music can be exported (burned) as Audio CDs and iTunes can import Audio CDs. If other sellers of digital music don't allow their songs to be converted to Audio CDs then it seems like the problem is on their end, not Apple's.