[Official] Apple WWDC 2011 Keynote

[Leonick]

Haha, this is going to be a disaster and help pirates gain legal copies which in turn makes the pirated version legal as a personal backup of the iTunes Match'd version. How is iTunes going to know the difference between a purchased CD and the FLAC+CUE burned CD-R in this case?

I'd be more impressed if they'd offer Apple Lossless from the iTunes Store instead of the AAC 256kbps crap.

a disaster because it makes pirated copies legal copies? there is an annual fee you know and they have deals with all the major record labels, what you think is a disaster is the whole idea!

[DomZ]

Be curious to see if Spotify change their pricing now as well

[Am_I_Evil]

Likely works the same way as the other iTunes services; works only for music that is purchased from iTunes Store.

that's not correct

[iuerg87yerg879e0rg9erugjer]

if i have some jailbroken apps on my ipod touch , and i icloud it , would i have it on every device? o.O

good question

[WelshBluebird]

Also, hoping you can manage your music in the iPod / Music app. If they are really pushing this iCloud / PC free thing, then its a must that you are able to delete music aswell as buy / download it.

[neufuse Veteran]

no phone announcement, and apples stock is already down 4 and a quarter....

just like always investors get all giddy about apple before the conference and leave disapointed

todays high of 347 was right before the conference and todays low is right after....

[Hell-In-A-Handbasket]

Wondering if the itunes cloud match will auto convert the lower DRM'd version i have that never upgraded to the DRMless upgraded version ?

[WelshBluebird]

Be curious to see if Spotify change their pricing now as well

Why would it need to?

From what I can see, iCloud doesn't enable streaming.

While it may not matter to some people, the idea about streaming (aka not having to store music on your device) is a huge benefit spotify has. Especially when we have low capacity models of Apple Products (16GB seems like nothing on my iphone lol).

[DukeEsquire]

Haha, this is going to be a disaster and help pirates gain legal copies which in turn makes the pirated version legal as a personal backup of the iTunes Match'd version. How is iTunes going to know the difference between a purchased CD and the FLAC+CUE burned CD-R in this case?

I'd be more impressed if they'd offer Apple Lossless from the iTunes Store instead of the AAC 256kbps crap.

Now the music labels and Apple get to make $25 a year from hosting your pirated music whereas before, they got nothing.

[Boo Berry]

a disaster because it makes pirated copies legal copies? there is an annual fee you know and they have deals with all the major record labels, what you think is a disaster is the whole idea!

$25 a year for let's say 5,000 pirated albums made 'legal' is a bit cheap, isn't it?

[Damian]

http://www.apple.com/icloud

[Elliott]

$25 a year for let's say 5,000 pirated albums made 'legal' is a bit cheap, isn't it?

Better than what they got before, which was nothing.

[rajputwarrior]

Likely works the same way as the other iTunes services; works only for music that is purchased from iTunes Store.

yeah but the jobs said that it'll match the music your "ripped" yourself and give you the itunes version. how does it know where/how i got the music?

[DukeEsquire]

$25 a year for let's say 5,000 pirated albums made 'legal' is a bit cheap, isn't it?

How does it make it "legal"? All it does is let you enjoy the benefits of iCloud with your pirated music. It doesn't suddenly make it legal if the FBI busts down your door or if you get sued by the RIAA.

[Garry]

$25 a year for let's say 5,000 pirated albums made 'legal' is a bit cheap, isn't it?

It's cheap, but it's $24.99 a year more than they were getting from Limewire et all before :)

[Hell-In-A-Handbasket]

no phone announcement, and apples stock is already down 4 and a quarter....

just like always investors get all giddy about apple before the conference and leave disapointed

They will more then likely announce that at the iphone/iOS convention, not WWDC.

Unless thats where they normally do it. Not to familiar of the diffrence between them all and just think of them as " Apple Shows "

[DukeEsquire]

yeah but the jobs said that it'll match the music your "ripped" yourself and give you the itunes version. how does it know where/how i got the music?

They don't care.

[acnpt]

$25 a year for let's say 5,000 pirated albums made 'legal' is a bit cheap, isn't it?

Better than nothing I guess, and if the record labels think they are losing money then they'll put a stop to it.

[Damian]

http://www.apple.com/ios/ios5/

[Garry]

From the Apple website:

iTunes 10.3 available now.

'Unmatched content' will be uploaded to the cloud.

[rajputwarrior]

They don't care.

may be tempting then... though i have thousands upon thousands of songs. What will it do with the old versions of the song, delete them?

[Garry]

iCloud beta is US only.

[Am_I_Evil]

http://www.apple.com/icloud

sooooooo....there's a link for the iTunes 10.3 beta but when i click it i got to a download page for 10.2.2....wtf?

[Garry]

sooooooo....there's a link for the iTunes 10.3 beta but when i click it i got to a download page for 10.2.2....wtf?

Yeah. Spank those dev monkeys. Sure they're working hard to get things updated.

[Rudy]

No new macbook air makes me sad :(