Berg and Jerry in the studio

Episode 06 thumbnail01/20/2009 — A local band, Berg and Jerry, are in the studio with us this week. Dan Berg asks some questions and they perform a few songs. This week in news we’ve got an update to the iTunes DRM-free store as well as some exciting announcements.

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  1. posted by Berg on January 20, 2009 at 4:41 pm

    Thanks for having us on the show guys!

  2. posted by Berg on January 20, 2009 at 4:42 pm

    Thanks again for having us on the show!

  3. posted by christianna on January 20, 2009 at 4:44 pm

    hey i know those guys… lol

    i’m workin on the thumbs up… i just keep forgetting…

    i know, i suck

    good episode!

  4. posted by guest on January 20, 2009 at 5:51 pm

    the beginning was interesting, thought I haven’t herd of many of those bands before.
    the band was okay, though I’d hardly call it a band, being only two people and all.
    and wow that guy with the guitar is f***ing hot!

  5. posted by danberg on January 20, 2009 at 6:30 pm

    The Postal Service is technically only 2 people, and that is totally a band…

    Also, lol at anonymously calling Jerry hot!

  6. posted by christianna on January 20, 2009 at 10:52 pm

    lol jerry… you’re anon-hot

    maybe they didnt wanna say it cuz hes underage… mad pedo

  7. posted by Dan Hauk on January 23, 2009 at 12:06 pm

    We need more thumbs up pictures. And more people watching the show.

  8. posted by danberg on January 26, 2009 at 3:10 pm

    We need an official street team.

  9. posted by brandon b on January 28, 2009 at 11:28 pm

    d.h. do remember way back in the old days when we saw flight of the conchords on conan and afterwards we couldn’t find them anywhere on the internet at all. it hurts my heart that it took so long for them to reappear in my life

  10. posted by Abby on February 4, 2009 at 8:40 pm

    you guys have way too much fun with your technology. :] hahah.

  11. posted by troy on March 15, 2009 at 3:59 pm

    or you can remove the drm yourself….

  12. posted by troy on March 15, 2009 at 4:06 pm

    another thing you can upgrade individual songs its not the all or none deal like you guys are saying. gotta do some research fellas

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1711

  13. posted by Dan Hauk on March 16, 2009 at 10:09 am

    Hey Troy, thanks for the heads up.

    In fact, we did do research about upgrading, and at the time of filming all we could find about the upgrading was the all or nothing.

    And yes, you can remove the DRM yourself, but it’s more of a hassle than just buying DRM-free somewhere else (e.g. Amazon.com). You have to either buy a program to remove the DRM or burn a CD and rip it back to iTunes again. Definitely not ideal.

  14. posted by troy on March 22, 2009 at 7:19 pm

    you could also burnit to a virtual cd. no physical cd required. thts the way i do it…

  15. posted by danberg on March 25, 2009 at 11:37 am

    I just don’t purchase from iTunes. Problem solved.

  16. posted by Dan Hauk on March 25, 2009 at 11:40 am

    I think the average user doesn’t even know what DRM is, let alone how to get rid of it by burning to a virtual CD.

    Regardless, it doesn’t matter now. Apple was just behind the times on this issue.

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