[iTunes] Tunes 4.0.1 Update

[Adam Bass]

On Tuesday, May 27, 2003, at 05:17  PM, Kunga wrote:

> Just discovered in my System Updater:
>
> iTunes is the only software you'll ever need to build & manage your 
> music collection on your Mac.
>
> iTunes 4 features superior sound quality including support for MPEG-4 
> AAC audio. iTunes 4.0.1 includes a number of performance and network 
> access enhancements, and only allows music sharing between computers 
> using iTunes 4.0.1 or later on a local network (in the same subnet). 
> If you have an Apple SuperDrive, you can archive your song files to a 
> DVD disc as well as burn playlists to standard audio CDs to play in 
> your car or home stereo.
>
> I wonder if this is a trick to plug the hole that has been letting 
> folks share iTunes Playlists across the globe.
>
> k
>
>

Exactly. The ability to share music across the Internet is now gone; 
you can only share music with Rendezvous on the same network. I wish 
Apple was able to make it more secure to protect against downloading 
streaming tracks rather than killing the feature entirely. :(

Adam