Borrow shared iTunes music with ourTunes

Streaming iTunes music over a network is good, but being able to actually pull down and borrow that music is great, and ourTunes is just the app for the job. Running on Mac and PC (I think it's java), ourTunes allows you to browse the library of anyone on your network who has sharing switched on in iTunes, then pull down songs that get your feet tappin'.
I don't know if this works with the new iTunes 7, but I remember seeing this app a while ago, back when I used to work in an office on campus, and I'm genuinely surprised it hasn't received a calling card from Apple's C&D ninjas. Grab it while you can ladies and gents.
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Source: http://ourtunes.sourceforge.net/
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Streaming iTunes music over a network is good, but being able to actually pull down and borrow that music is great, and ourTunes is just...
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Sounds good to me. Given that I could easily just put my iPod into my friend's computer and download their music, not to mention burn a CD of it, why can't I just digitally transfer my stuff from their computer directly to mine? Piracy, my ass.
November 25 2007 at 7:12 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyyour an idiot, its not stealing cause its freely being hosted, within the local network, if they dont want to share it, they can just turn off share. Simple as that. And its not unsuspecting cause whoever is hosting it expects to share it. Duh!
And for those who share what theyve bought is their business as long as they dont claim the songs their sharing are made by them as in they are the artist that sang or conducted them, and are not making any money off of them. Thats the buyer's right, I own a copy, so I want to share it to anyone cause im the kind of person that shares my stuff when I see it fit to do so.
The music industry are just a bunch of bloody greedy bastards that try to dictate what an american is allowed to share. Have any of you retards that takes the side of these music industry propaganda ever here of the constitution, or are you all just mindless drones that have been succesfully pre-programmed to just react to certain stimulus. Trying sharing something in your sorry lives for a change and youll find you'll recieve more.
Share! share! share! Share!
Sorry Guys,
I moved MyOurTunes to SaveOurTunes.com
check back for updates as things develop!
Share the link with anybody you know who would be interested!
I agree with the "stealing music" theory. However I work on a huge network with plenty of people using iTunes and at any give time there are about 5 - 7 users sharing music.
We have a mutual agreement that if you like, you can take. NOT STEAL.
Anyway, anyone know of a program that works for iTunes 7.x yet. I'm hunting like mad on the net but to no avail. By the way Blue Coconut will not work on PC's. Just for info sake, ourTunes 1.3.3 and myTunes Redux will not work with iTunes 7.x.
Please don't bring archaic ethics tidbits into it. How do we move beyond the downfall of mytunes and move on please? thanks.
November 22 2006 at 4:56 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI am trying to get some active development done on OurTunes and such. Check out what I am doing at MyOurTunes.com
November 17 2006 at 7:44 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAny news on updates to this fab software? If you wanna winge go and winge somewhere else :P Had enough of it. The music industry is a corrupt fat cash cow only concerned with making money. I agree with supporting artists but could care less about the music industry. They've taken enough of my cash!
November 09 2006 at 10:03 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIf there is at least ONE legitimate legal use for ourtunes, then there is ABSOLUTELY NO good reason to ban/outlaw it. Sorry freedom haters but it doesn't matter if 99.99% of ourtunes usage is for copyright infringement, as long as there is one person out there in one scenario that can use ourtunes legally for example to download music they already own from another computer running iTunes that they already own, then YOU CANNOT JUSTIFY taking it down.
That's the way it will and SHOULD always be. Sorry freedom haters but you lose and freedom wins, ALWAYS.
ben/james
mytunes/ourtunes doesn't work with itunes 7. so in our office instead using these programs we just ask the people with music we like to lend us the cd or pass the mp3's to us. is that stealing? if I lend a cd I own to three people in the office are they stealing? I also let them drive my car, is that stealing from VW? they don't own the car but they are using it.
The source code for it is here: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ourtunes/OT44src.jar?download
Isn't there anyone who can update it to work with iTunes 7?
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