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Norway starts legal strike against iTunes

Norway’s top consumer advocate today announced the start of legal action to try to force Apple to open iTunes to digital players other than its own market-leading iPod.

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Zappa's widow, AC/DC rail against the iTunes Store

The iTunes Store has built quite a substantial catalog of music since its inception, and most artists are (at the very least) tolerant of having their music appear on the service. Some are still not fans of the iTunes Store, though, and have either spoken out against it or refused to sell their music on it. Recently, MacUser pointed us to two such cases: Frank Zappa's widow Gail, who doesn't like the compression that iTunes Store tracks are subjected to, and AC/DC, who dislikes iTunes because it lets users buy individual tracks instead of full albums.

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Report: Norway says 'nei' to iTunes DRM, again

There's more rumbling in Europe about Apple's iTunes Store, and this time, it comes from Norway, where, according to Reuters, a consumer agency has announced plans for legal action against Apple and what it says is unfair copyright restriction.

Report: Norway says 'nei' to iTunes DRM, again

There's more rumbling in Europe about Apple's iTunes Store, and this time, it comes from Norway, where, according to Reuters, a consumer agency has announced plans for legal action against Apple and what it says is unfair copyright restriction.

Apple Announces Four Major Networks/iTunes Partnership - iTunes Tops 200 Million TV Episodes Sold

Apple® has announced that all four of the major networks are offering primetime programs in stunning high definition on the iTunes® Store (www.itunes.com), including viewer favorites “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Lost” from ABC, “CSI” and “CSI: Miami” from CBS, “Bones” and “Prison Break” airing on FOX, and “Heroes” and “The Office” from NBC Universal. The iTunes Store is the world’s most popular online TV store with over 200 million TV episodes sold, including more than one million HD episodes purchased since the launch of HD programming on iTunes last month.

How-To: Enable and control missing features in iTunes 8

The iTunes 8 update came with a host of new features, including the Genius playlist generator as well as the "Grid" view for displaying album covers. However, despite the new features, users have complained about the removal or lack of inclusion of other features. Most of the removed features are coded into the program, but they are not enabled. This could be because of a change in direction by Apple, an attempt to make iTunes simpler, or because some features are still not polished enough for general release. Regardless of the circumstances, popular features that are missing from iTunes can be enabled for those who wish to do so. Here are some enhancements or alterations to iTunes that have been requested. All users have to do is enter the following commands in the terminal and then relaunch iTunes.

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Apple Faces iTunes Test Case In Norway

Norway's top consumer advocate is taking Apple to court to try to force the company to open iTunes to all music players. This ought to be interesting, I am not familiar with the laws in Norway but if they are successful, you can bet other countries will follow suit.

Apple ignores Norway's deadline for iTunes DRM talks...

Norway's Consumer Ombudsman has said that he will take Apple before the country's Market Council, as the computer manufacturer failed to provide a sufficient response to request that iTunes be made compatible with other media players than the iPod, according to CNNMoney. The Ombudsman, Bjoern Erik Thon, made a demand for action at the end of September but gave the company until November 3rd to submit comments before a case is heard. "iTunes has shown a lacking will to comply with our demand and we are now preparing to try this case in the Market Council," said Thon.

Apple faces iTunes test case in Norway

OSLO, Norway - Norway's top consumer advocate said Monday he is taking Apple Inc. to the government's Market Council in a test case seeking to force the American company to open its iTunes music store to digital players other than its own iPod.

Overview: iPhone - The Portable Genius

The highly-touted Genius function comes not only to the iTunes 8.0, but to iPhone 2.1 software. To install it, however, you must have Genius downloaded it onto iTunes using your iTunes account. The iPhone must then be synced to that iTunes. Again, iPhone Genius does not automatically download with iPhone 2.1 software, but with syncing of a Genius-enabled iTunes. (And we discussed Genius on regular iTunes in the second-to-last column.)

Overview: iPhone - The Portable Genius

The highly-touted Genius function comes not only to the iTunes 8.0, but to iPhone 2.1 software. To install it, however, you must have Genius downloaded it onto iTunes using your iTunes account. The iPhone must then be synced to that iTunes. Again, iPhone Genius does not automatically download with iPhone 2.1 software, but with syncing of a Genius-enabled iTunes. (And we discussed Genius on regular iTunes in the second-to-last column.)

Overview: iPhone - The Portable Genius

The highly-touted Genius function comes not only to the iTunes 8.0, but to iPhone 2.1 software. To install it, however, you must have Genius downloaded it onto iTunes using your iTunes account. The iPhone must then be synced to that iTunes. Again, iPhone Genius does not automatically download with iPhone 2.1 software, but with syncing of a Genius-enabled iTunes. (And we discussed Genius on regular iTunes in the second-to-last column.)

Might iTunes Shut Down?

The biggest threat to iTunes may not come from the AC/DC after all, but from within Apple itself. On Thursday, the Copyright Royalty Board is expected to rule on a request from the National Music Publishers' Association, the group that represents musicians and songwriters, to increase royalty rates by 66% percent from 9 cents a track to 15 cents. Yesterday, Fortune reported that in a written statement to the Copyright Royalty Board last year, iTunes vice president Eddie Cue threatened to pull the plug on the iTunes Store if royalty rates to music publishers were increased. "Apple has repeatedly made it clear that it is in this business to make money," Cue said in his statement. "And most likely would not continue to operate [the iTunes music store] if it were no longer possible to do so profitably.

Syncing iTunes U videos

I’ve downloaded a series of iPhone developer videos from the iTunes U section of the iTunes Store. iTunes has considerately created a playlist for each series within a folder. But I’m not sure how to sync the movies because when I mount my iPhone and choose it within iTunes, I don’t see these playlists listed within the Music or Video tabs. How can I sync these things?

Useful iTunes Keyboard Shortcuts

You can use your keyboard to quickly perform many tasks in iTunes. Shortcuts for common commands like Playback, fast access to your iTunes Library and playlist, iTunes menu shortcuts and, most importantly, control menu shortcuts can be extremely handy if memorized. So here's what an iTunes fan simply has to know about the shortcuts of his favorite media player.

Free Online Legal Help Now Available for Hurricane Ike Victims

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Responding to the broad range of legal problems resulting from Hurricane Ike, Texas legal aid organizations and the Houston Bar Association have developed an online resource to assist Texans affected by the disaster in obtaining free legal information. The new service, called LiveHelp, is available now and enables Hurricane Ike victims to conduct a live online chat with attorneys recruited by the Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program. Attorneys will answer questions and also refer those seeking help to legal resources specific to FEMA appeals and other disaster-related issues.

Software Update Makes iTunes Accessible To Blind Users

rickthewizkid writes "Recent updates to the iTunes software allow blind users to access the program without assistance. From the article: 'The new software — which transforms the written information on an iTunes-linked computer screen into speech or Braille — stemmed from an agreement between Apple, the Cupertino, Calif.-based computer company, the National Federation of the Blind and Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley.'" It's not just the actual iTunes app, though; the article notes that this update makes iTunes U useable as well.

Guns n' Roses' single tops iTunes

Road Runner Records has announced (blog) that Guns n' Roses new single, Chinese Democracy (iTunes), has topped the general iTunes Music Store chart in Greece, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Finland. In addition to being the No 1 song and No 1 rock song in the above countries, it's the No 1 rock song in the iTunes Music Stores in the US, Canada, France and the UK.

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