Comments on: Itunes New Sharing Feature http://copyrightcommerceandculture.com/2009/10/18/itunes-new-sharing-feature/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed E59.1405, The Media, Culture, and Communications Department at the Steinhardt School of Education at NYU Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:50:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: zukase http://copyrightcommerceandculture.com/2009/10/18/itunes-new-sharing-feature/comment-page-1/#comment-73 zukase Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:12:19 +0000 http://copyrightcommerceandculture.com/?p=426#comment-73 This is the first I really have heard of this new apple feature, but honestly I don't feel as if it is going to make any difference in my filesharing/downloading practices, just as I dont really use the itunes store much to begin with. This is the first I really have heard of this new apple feature, but honestly I don’t feel as if it is going to make any difference in my filesharing/downloading practices, just as I dont really use the itunes store much to begin with.

]]> By: ams799 http://copyrightcommerceandculture.com/2009/10/18/itunes-new-sharing-feature/comment-page-1/#comment-71 ams799 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:36:54 +0000 http://copyrightcommerceandculture.com/?p=426#comment-71 I read on an Apple Blog (http://theappleblog.com/2009/09/11/itunes-9-at-home-with-home-sharing/) that you can actually import music from one computer to another via this new feature. Also you can automatically add any new "purchased" music from computers on the same network. The cap of five computers for purchased music prevents the infinite number of downloads that can come from syncing music libraries, which is an important difference from Limewire and similar services. So essentially you and four friends can get on the same network and pay 20 cents apiece per song rather than the whole dollar which can perhaps clear the guilty conscience of stealing music off of services such as Limewire! I think with this new service allows some sort of monetary return on music produced because people may(with a LARGE emphasis on may) be more willing to pay for downloaded music if they get multiple downloads. With this said, it is interesting to consider this small payment of songs on iTunes in terms of Free Culture perspectives. The dollar fee on iTunes is referred to as "micropayments" according to Miriam Nisbet in "The Tyranny of Copyright?" Even though we pay this dollar we still don't have complete freedom to make as many copies as we want. This new digital age is interesting to see in relation to the CD generation when a CD could be easily given from friend to friend and downloaded an unlimited number of time. Caps on digital purchased music have prevented this infinite cycle of music downloading. I agree that it will definitely be interesting to see the future of what this means for digital file sharing. I read on an Apple Blog (http://theappleblog.com/2009/09/11/itunes-9-at-home-with-home-sharing/) that you can actually import music from one computer to another via this new feature. Also you can automatically add any new “purchased” music from computers on the same network. The cap of five computers for purchased music prevents the infinite number of downloads that can come from syncing music libraries, which is an important difference from Limewire and similar services.

So essentially you and four friends can get on the same network and pay 20 cents apiece per song rather than the whole dollar which can perhaps clear the guilty conscience of stealing music off of services such as Limewire! I think with this new service allows some sort of monetary return on music produced because people may(with a LARGE emphasis on may) be more willing to pay for downloaded music if they get multiple downloads.

With this said, it is interesting to consider this small payment of songs on iTunes in terms of Free Culture perspectives. The dollar fee on iTunes is referred to as “micropayments” according to Miriam Nisbet in “The Tyranny of Copyright?” Even though we pay this dollar we still don’t have complete freedom to make as many copies as we want. This new digital age is interesting to see in relation to the CD generation when a CD could be easily given from friend to friend and downloaded an unlimited number of time. Caps on digital purchased music have prevented this infinite cycle of music downloading.

I agree that it will definitely be interesting to see the future of what this means for digital file sharing.

]]> By: elizabethshelby http://copyrightcommerceandculture.com/2009/10/18/itunes-new-sharing-feature/comment-page-1/#comment-69 elizabethshelby Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:46:34 +0000 http://copyrightcommerceandculture.com/?p=426#comment-69 I may be wrong, but I think the distinction between Limewire and the new iTunes sharing situation is that you can only play a song from someone else's library on your router while that person's computer is turned on and their iTunes is open. There's no "save" or "download" feature...so essentially, it's the same as putting that person's computer in your room. As soon as they turn their computer off, you don't get access to their music anymore. Maybe you already knew that and I'm way off base? I may be wrong, but I think the distinction between Limewire and the new iTunes sharing situation is that you can only play a song from someone else’s library on your router while that person’s computer is turned on and their iTunes is open. There’s no “save” or “download” feature…so essentially, it’s the same as putting that person’s computer in your room. As soon as they turn their computer off, you don’t get access to their music anymore. Maybe you already knew that and I’m way off base?

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