MyTunes

MyTunes is a program that allows Windows users to download music from an iTunes music share over a network, circumventing restrictions in iTunes that only allow streaming music. The software is widely popular on college campuses across the U.S. It was developed by William Zeller at Trinity College. [http://media.www.trinitytripod.com/media/storage/paper520/news/2003/11/17/News/Student.Finds.Itunes.Loophole-559976.shtml Student Finds iTunes Loophole - News ] ]

MyTunes development has now been brought to a halt. ZDNetUK News.com reported on 9 March, 2004, "the popular software has all but vanished from the Net, and its programmer's sites have gone dark. But this time, it's not the doing of an angry record industry or a conflict-averse Apple. Trinity College sophomore Bill Zeller, who wrote the program in less than two weeks of off-time coding last year, says he simply lost the source code in a catastrophic computer crash." Zeller said: "I was about to release the second version, when I lost everything. I may put it back online, but there won't be any updates. I don't want to rewrite it." [http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39148139,00.htm MyTunes 'source code lost' - ZDNet UK ] ] Subsequently, an entirely rewritten version, myTunes Redux, was released, which again operated successfully until once more disabled in iTunes version 7. [cite web|url=http://www.from.bz/2006/12/12/mytunes|title=myTunes|publisher=from bz:bill zeller on the web|accessdate=2008-08-23]

History

*On October 16, 2003, Apple Computer released a version of its iTunes software for Windows.
*On October 26, 2003, William Zeller released the first version of his software, myTunes .
*On March 9, 2004, it is reported that the source code for MyTunes is lost.
*On April 28, 2004, Apple Computer released version 4.5 of iTunes, which disabled myTunes and other similar programs.
*On September 5, 2004, Bill Zeller released myTunes Redux which overcame Apple Computer's restrictions and added various other features. [ [http://news.com.com/MyTunes+returns+for+iTunes+song+sharing/2100-1027_3-5349272.html?tag=item MyTunes returns for iTunes song sharing | CNET News.com ] ]
*On September 27, 2006, Apple Computer released version 7 of iTunes, again disabling the current version of myTunes.

References

External links

* [http://www.minimalverbosity.com/ MyTunes Redux]

ee also

OurTunes