Comments on: iTunes and EMI songs are still not DRM free. http://mikevee.com/itunes-and-emi-songs-are-still-not-drm-free/ Mike Vee is Currenty hosting the Area54 radio show. It's the number one chill radio program on commercial radio in the US. Check it out every night in Portland, OR on 94/7fm. Also in the Columbia Gorge on K105 every Saturday night and on Wild 105.5 in Maui, Hawaii every Friday night. Mahalo. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:10:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: danielpaiva http://mikevee.com/itunes-and-emi-songs-are-still-not-drm-free/comment-page-1/#comment-2776 danielpaiva Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:43:26 +0000 http://mikevee.com/?p=15#comment-2776 Thanks for your interesting article Thanks for your interesting article

]]> By: Pete http://mikevee.com/itunes-and-emi-songs-are-still-not-drm-free/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Pete Mon, 07 May 2007 20:46:51 +0000 http://mikevee.com/?p=15#comment-71 AAC is not a proprietary Apple format, it is part of the MPEG-4 standard, just as MP3 is part of the MPEG-1 standard. It wasn't even developed by Apple. While it is true that AAC files purchased from iTunes with DRM can only play on iPods, AAC files without DRM (like the soon to be offered EMI files) can play on a number of portable players including Zune, Sansa, Sony PSP + Walkman, and a number of portable phones. AAC is not a proprietary Apple format, it is part of the MPEG-4 standard, just as MP3 is part of the MPEG-1 standard. It wasn’t even developed by Apple.

While it is true that AAC files purchased from iTunes with DRM can only play on iPods, AAC files without DRM (like the soon to be offered EMI files) can play on a number of portable players including Zune, Sansa, Sony PSP + Walkman, and a number of portable phones.

]]> By: mikevee.com » Blog Archive » AAC can’t compete with Wav or MP3 in sound quality http://mikevee.com/itunes-and-emi-songs-are-still-not-drm-free/comment-page-1/#comment-15 mikevee.com » Blog Archive » AAC can’t compete with Wav or MP3 in sound quality Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:04:14 +0000 http://mikevee.com/?p=15#comment-15 [...] in its iTunes store as non protected higher bit rate AAC files starting in May. I argued in an earlier post that as long as Apple keeps selling songs in AAC compressed format, it basically remains a [...] [...] in its iTunes store as non protected higher bit rate AAC files starting in May. I argued in an earlier post that as long as Apple keeps selling songs in AAC compressed format, it basically remains a [...]

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