Comments on: NBC Wants iTunes to Police Your iPod http://macmost.com/nbc-wants-itunes-to-police-your-ipod.html MacMost: Making the most of your Mac, iPod, Apple TV and iPhone. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:36:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Bob Wiemers http://macmost.com/nbc-wants-itunes-to-police-your-ipod.html#comment-9610 Bob Wiemers Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:18:57 +0000 http://macmost.com/nbc-wants-itunes-to-police-your-ipod.html#comment-9610 I haven't done it in a while, but I remember once, when I asked iTunes to "Get Album Artwork". an authorization popped up, explaining that I would be sending album info to Apple... indicating it was necessary to find the cover art. So it is possible. Say you click to download an NBC show from iTunes and as a result, are prompted to "allow" iTunes to verify that there is no pirated material by cross checking your video metadata to their database. Legal? Hmmm. Perhaps, if they put it in the 18 pages of "Terms and Conditions" that I'm sure everybody reads before clicking "Agree" to initiate the download. I haven’t done it in a while, but I remember once, when I asked iTunes to “Get Album Artwork”. an authorization popped up, explaining that I would be sending album info to Apple… indicating it was necessary to find the cover art.
So it is possible. Say you click to download an NBC show from iTunes and as a result, are prompted to “allow” iTunes to verify that there is no pirated material by cross checking your video metadata to their database. Legal? Hmmm. Perhaps, if they put it in the 18 pages of “Terms and Conditions” that I’m sure everybody reads before clicking “Agree” to initiate the download.

]]> By: John Peters http://macmost.com/nbc-wants-itunes-to-police-your-ipod.html#comment-9543 John Peters Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:38:38 +0000 http://macmost.com/nbc-wants-itunes-to-police-your-ipod.html#comment-9543 I knew there was a good reason not to like NBC. Other than sports like some football games and the olympics, I don't watch very much on NBC, and I will continue to with this type of mentality! I knew there was a good reason not to like NBC. Other than sports like some football games and the olympics, I don’t watch very much on NBC, and I will continue to with this type of mentality!

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