Apple needs a stern talking to...

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xSauronx

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Originally posted by: shinerburke
Originally posted by: xSauronx
Originally posted by: shinerburke
Originally posted by: AstroManLuca
Originally posted by: coldmeat
I don't understand how your problem is related to Apple/iTunes at all.

It's because when you buy something on iTunes, you have to keep backup copies on your computer because they don't let you re-download anything you've bought. LilPima apparently transferred some stuff to her Nano and then deleted it from her computer, and now she can't transfer it back to her computer (without using some other program) so she can put it on her new iPod.

So basically the problem is stupidity or a lack or preparedness, whichever you want to call it, on her part.

Originally posted by: LilPima
I had little problems transferring all of my music files to the new one

sounds like she has her music

but want to load some of my DVDs and tv series onto it to watch on my long commute. Last night I tried, and found that I need to download up to 6 different programs to crack codes and zip and unzip non-bootleg discs that I already own and paid for!!

and that while itunes will rip a cd, she didnt know it wont rip a dvd. this is what shes complaining about, because she didnt realize itunes lacked the functionality. she assumed that since she bought the god damn dvds, shed be easily able to watch the content of them on whatever devices she has and that itunes would help her with it.

sadly, DRM is a bitch. i have a copy of HL2 that i gave my brother years ago, but he has no idea what his steam account info was, so despite holding the retail box and cd....i cant play the fucking thing until i get his account sorted out.


So again....it is Apple's fault that she didn't know the functionality of the program?

you quoted someone who seemed to think she lost her music. i said it looks like she has her music.

i said she assumed itunes could rip her dvd as easily as a cd. a wrong assumption on her part. i didnt blame anything on apple.

Awesome...next time I want a roast I'm going to just throw all the ingredients in the oven and when it doesn't put them all together and make it for me I'm going to be pissed at Thermador.

also, you cook like my mother. :p

 

wwswimming

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Jan 21, 2006
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Originally posted by: LilPima
I just recently upgraded my Ipod from an 8 GB nano to a 120 GB video and everything else model. I had little problems transferring all of my music files to the new one, but want to load some of my DVDs and tv series onto it to watch on my long commute. Last night I tried, and found that I need to download up to 6 different programs to crack codes and zip and unzip non-bootleg discs that I already own and paid for!!

I'm not paying $40 again for each season of House I have on DVD just to watch it on a one inch screen. Is there an easier way? A friend is going to try to crack the programs for me today, I'll see how it goes. Yesterday I was very angry and yelled for about 30 minutes. :)



Cliffs:
- New ipod
- Can't load stuff
- Not buying it again on Itunes
- ???
- no profit :(

i dare you to post it on the Yahoo Finance message board.
http://messages.finance.yahoo.com/mb/AAPL

my experience when i did this with an HP scanner billing problem was,
* the problem gets resolved fast
* you get consoling emails from the CEO's office.

given that there's a few thousand people here with Yahoo accounts,
we could completely swamp the Yahoo AAPL message board with
demands to help LiLpima.
 

DaveSimmons

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Originally posted by: wwswimming
i dare you to post it on the Yahoo Finance message board.
http://messages.finance.yahoo.com/mb/AAPL

my experience when i did this with an HP scanner billing problem was,
* the problem gets resolved fast
* you get consoling emails from the CEO's office.

given that there's a few thousand people here with Yahoo accounts,
we could completely swamp the Yahoo AAPL message board with
demands to help LiLpima.

That won't magically repeal the DMCA.

Adding DVD ripping to iTunes = instat lawsuit. Real just went through this with their scheme to stream movies you own to multiple devices, and they lost.