4Media iPod to Mac Transfer?

[iPod Nano]

Hi all. iPod Nano here!

I run the school radio station and we are building a digitized library of music files. I would like to know if the program "4Media iPod to Mac Transfer" will transfer music from an iPod to a computer even if the iPod is NOT synced with that computer. I've noticed that some of the programs designed for iPod-Mac transfers only work if the iPod is synced with the computer and I want to make sure that it does what we want it to before we buy it

 

[chas_m]

It may not matter to you that much, but compressed music files (MP3s particularly) are not considered high-quality enough for broadcast.

As for "4Media," I've never heard of it.

 

[iPod Nano]

I am aware that most radio stations use WAV or some other format, but for our purposes (because of limited space) using larger files is not practical. Can you recommend any others that are good and will do what I want it to do (specifically if they are free or less than $30 USD.)

 

[bobtomay]

You should also be considering the legal ramifications of putting, what will in essence become, pirated music on the school's computer.

I did 2 years of RTF (radio, tv & film) in college and this is no different than when I was DJing on our local radio station. That was of course during the days of vinyl. I did an "Underground Hour" and had to carry all of my music from home with me for every show. We were allowed to bring our own albums to play during our shows. We were not allowed to make a copy of said music to leave in the school library and then carry the album back home with us. Doing so opens the school up to possible litigation unless you go through the process of gaining said rights from the copyright holders. We were allowed to leave our albums there for others to borrow or use.

 

[clayneal]

You should also be considering the legal ramifications of putting, what will in essence become, pirated music on the school's computer.

I did 2 years of RTF (radio, tv & film) in college and this is no different than when I was DJing on our local radio station. That was of course during the days of vinyl. I did an "Underground Hour" and had to carry all of my music from home with me for every show. We were allowed to bring our own albums to play during our shows. We were not allowed to make a copy of said music to leave in the school library and then carry the album back home with us. Doing so opens the school up to possible litigation unless you go through the process of gaining said rights from the copyright holders. We were allowed to leave our albums there for others to borrow or use.

Bob any old tapes laying around of you on the air? I dont know why but when I think of you as a DJ , Wolfman Jack suddenly fills my old brain !


Sorry to Hijack OP.

Clay

 

[bobtomay]

lol, kind of doubt it. Don't know about comparing myself to Wolfman Jack. If I had been that good, I might still be doing it. The local underground station back in the day was a minimum wage job and making jingles and commercials wasn't my thing. We only did it because we enjoyed doing it. That definitely was the days of Album rock. And you can get an idea of what we were playing on the Deep Tracks station of Sirius/XM. Throw out everything after '74. There still weren't many of us "long hairs" in San Antonio in the late 60's-early 70's and I did get escorted out of a couple of Texas towns during those days. They didn't care for "our kind".

 

[clayneal]

A little "Uneasy Rider" action huh ?

 

[bobtomay]

All I'll say is , they just escorted me to the city limits. Couple of friends were escorted to the jail, beaten up and had their hair cut before being escorted to the city limits. It's kind of funny now, not so much back then.

 

[clayneal]

Ouch , ya those were not pretty times.

 

[iPod Nano]

You should also be considering the legal ramifications of putting, what will in essence become, pirated music on the school's computer.

I did 2 years of RTF (radio, tv & film) in college and this is no different than when I was DJing on our local radio station. That was of course during the days of vinyl. I did an "Underground Hour" and had to carry all of my music from home with me for every show. We were allowed to bring our own albums to play during our shows. We were not allowed to make a copy of said music to leave in the school library and then carry the album back home with us. Doing so opens the school up to possible litigation unless you go through the process of gaining said rights from the copyright holders. We were allowed to leave our albums there for others to borrow or use.

I don't really see this as pirating. Somebody at the station still owns the albums. It's just like having multiple people sharing a computer and each one putting music on it. We're not burning copies of music or anything.

Edit: Also, some (not all) of the music will be licensed under Creative Commons (CC) which means that could not be considered "pirating".

For the type of small internet-only station (sorry, forgot to mention earlier) we are offering I don't think anybody is going to beat down the door and raid us even if it WERE illegal.

 

[bobtomay]

It is not at all like having multiple people share a single computer, that are all able to listen to the exact same file. You are creating copies. You are making an additional copy of the file other than the one that is legally owned and then passing it on to someone else (in this case the school) while you keep the original legal file in your posession.

We both know which music is legal and not legal.

We both know that a fair portion of what you want to copy from your iPod is not covered by the CC license and/or available freely (via legal means) on the internet.

As much as I understand your plight and your desire to just better the thing you're doing, to suggest that it is ok because they won't come after you or the school, does not make it ok.

An internet only station can be as big as the internet. Ours was a broadcast limited to a 2 mile radius from the campus.