In article <[email protected]>, Larry
<[email protected]> wrote:

> > 30 seconds, and it's the record companies that dictate that. amazon is
> > the same.
>
> Then, why not last.fm?

maybe they have a broadcast license. ask them.

In article <[email protected]>, Larry
<[email protected]> wrote:

> We started with 5 iPads, but 3 of them
> are now inexplicably gone, a problem I'm sure is related to the stupid
> Apple connector cable plugged into the bottom of them because the only
> two left the whole rubber covering is ripped open and the foil shield
> inside it is holed to expose the wires inside the shielding just a mm
> away from the cable protector molded into the plug. Stevie's gotta do
> something to make better cables. These flimsy things are falling apart
> in weeks!

the cables are fine if there aren't multiple theft attempts.

> Why do those cheap bastards only let you hear 10 seconds of a song
> they're trying to sell you? Even a record shop will let you hear the
> WHOLE SONG! It's not as if you can record it and steal it as an MP3 on
> the iPad that doesn't DO anything! Come on!

30 seconds, and it's the record companies that dictate that. amazon is
the same.