The Dead Parrot Society: Music sharing limits in iTunes 4.7.1

The Dead Parrot Society: Music sharing limits in iTunes 4.7.1: "Music sharing limits in iTunes 4.7.1
Posted by Ryan to category: Music & Technology
01:25 PM Apr 20 | TrackBack (29)

[or: Dear Apple, don't be sneaky]

This news isn't new, but I just found out about it this morning: The latest iTunes upgrade (version 4.7.1) severely limits your ability to share your music library over a local network. Previously, up to five users could connect to your library at any one time. Now, only five users are allowed to connect in any 24-hour period. (George Hotelling has a list of other useful iTunes abilities that have been 'upgraded' out of existence.)

These new limits on library sharing royally screw the college-dorm community, of course, and on a much smaller scale it's tweaked us here where I work. We have an informal network lovingly referred to as 'Radio Free Spokesman,' where 8-10 newsroom employees share their libraries, sample new music, create playlists for each other, etc. We're one of who knows how many groups like this, in office buildings all over the world. In my case, this sharing has exposed me to plenty of music I'd have never listened to otherwise, which in turn has translated into money for artists, via concert tickets and album sales.

All of the sudden, though, we've got brand-new hurdles in tr"