[Eug-lug] Avoid the loony Zune

[Mr O]

Sandisk supposedly got in touch with the Rockbox folks. Not sure
what happened or if they got some players to work with. I've
heard the Sanda e2xx series runs in two modes so you can treat
it as a USB drive.

FWIW, of my 4000+ songs I think I have nearly 100 from the old
Napster days. A little "rm -rf" could get rid of those in a
flash if there was an issue. Screw RIAA and record execs. Money
they don't need. I bought the hardcopy of Weird Al's latest just
so he got a few more cents out of it. I won't buy iTunes since
I'm anal about my music as far as quality first and DRM second.
Maybe the other way around. Either way.

Oh, as for being treated like a criminal, we are in the USA.
Guilty 'til proven innocent. 

That be all,
Mr O.


--- "M. Bitner" <moexu13 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Some of the features, like the wifi, would be nice if they
> were
> implemented properly. Rockbox doesn't list the Toshiba
> Gigabeat as
> being compatible yet though, but it would be interesting to
> see what
> the hardware could do if the crippleware on it was replaced by
> Linux.
> 
> On another note, I found this particularly infuriating:
> 
> "These devices are just repositories for stolen music, and
> they all
> know it," said Doug Morris, CEO of Universal Music Group. "So
> it's
> time to get paid for it."
> 
> We have 3 iPods in our house (yes, more iPods than people) and
> none of
> them contain any pirated materials. If the music industry is
> able to
> strongarm Apple into putting this tax on their players I won't
> be
> buying any more of them. I see no reason to pay money to be
> treated
> like a criminal.
> 
> Melissa



 
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