http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/realnetworks-offering-unauthorized-downloads-for-the-ipod/ Engadget Comments for RealNetworks offering unauthorized downloads for the iPod http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/realnetworks-offering-unauthorized-downloads-for-the-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/realnetworks-offering-unauthorized-downloads-for-the-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/realnetworks-offering-unauthorized-downloads-for-the-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/realnetworks-offering-unauthorized-downloads-for-the-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/realnetworks-offering-unauthorized-downloads-for-the-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/realnetworks-offering-unauthorized-downloads-for-the-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/realnetworks-offering-unauthorized-downloads-for-the-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/realnetworks-offering-unauthorized-downloads-for-the-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/realnetworks-offering-unauthorized-downloads-for-the-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/realnetworks-offering-unauthorized-downloads-for-the-ipod/
So really, the main difference with AAC is that you can't use it anywhere else.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/realnetworks-offering-unauthorized-downloads-for-the-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/realnetworks-offering-unauthorized-downloads-for-the-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/realnetworks-offering-unauthorized-downloads-for-the-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/realnetworks-offering-unauthorized-downloads-for-the-ipod/AAC is not better than mp3

AAC is an MP4 compression scheme, which is the next generation of MP3, so it probably is a little bit better - but it probably would be tough to tell the difference. :)

>It's just an exclusive format Apple uses to make the record companies think their service is safer against piracy.

And this is no different from WMA files, or RealNetworks files... etc. etc... You can usually convert them.

But the DRM is a bit unfortunate. After I buy music, I'd like to be able to play it on anything I want. With a CD you buy, you can play it with anything that plays a CD, it should not be different with anything that can play a music file.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/realnetworks-offering-unauthorized-downloads-for-the-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/realnetworks-offering-unauthorized-downloads-for-the-ipod/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/realnetworks-offering-unauthorized-downloads-for-the-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/26/realnetworks-offering-unauthorized-downloads-for-the-ipod/
~wC]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:03AM