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Dowloaded iTunes 4.0, the latest iPod updater and QuickTime 6.2 late last night, and a Sheryl Crow track this morning after some oohing and ahhing over Apple's new Music Store. This thing is bound to do well. Tech TV approves, as did Screen Savers guest Walt Mossberg yesterday. All of which reminded me to check when my mandatory 1-year eMusic subscription expires (June), and to download a few tracks from there as the thing basically has been gathering dust. Not a bad service, that; though I believe the files still are watermarked, you can transfer and burn without any restrictions. I've just found the catalog too limited to make me feel warm and fuzzy about the monthly subscription.

Speaking of Walt Mossberg, who writes the Wall Street Journal's Personal Technology column and others (90 day archive available at that link), he and Kara Swisher will be hosting D: All Things Digital next month. (Pretty sure I'm going. —!)

AppleMusic.com

Ok so that's not really the URI—it's here, is the point. And new iPods (10, 15 and 30GB) to boot. MacCentral covered the launch event and describes the new download service. This LA Times article ("Apple to Unveil Music Service") says last Friday's Grokster/StreamCast summary judgment win "stole Apple's thunder" and will make it more difficult to pitch the new service. I don't agree. I think—pun intended—it's Apples and oranges, or more like lemons when it comes to the multiple headaches, not to mention legal issues, of obtaining digital music P2P. Per MacCentral:

Apple has made deals with the big five music labels and we have over 200,000 songs available. There's unlimited CD burning for personal use only, but playlists have to be modified every 10 burns. You can play music on up to three Macs and unlimited iPods. Music authorization can be transferred from an old Mac to a new Mac. The cost will be 99 cents per song with no subscription fee.

Per Apple: "It's what you've been waiting for."

Personal wishlist: a stereo component that will connect with any iPod via a front-facing FireWire port. (Future wishlist: substitute "reliable high-speed wireless connection" for "front-facing FireWire port.")

Working Through The Backblawg

It looks as though this blogging thing might just catch on in the legal field...hold on, here we go!

Law Students

Rob Sherman, Laura Gleason, Jeremy and Jason at Just Opinions, Omer Poos and Obiter Dicta.

Law Professors

Vic Fleischer, Jeff Kahn and Brad Joondeph at A Taxing Blog.

Future Law Students

Kipp at A Kick To The Ego and Matt at Left Coast Expat.

Lawyer (I think; straighten me out, Bill, if I'm wrong)

Bill Wiese of The Internet Law Blog.

Deep Support

The Command Post has received a good deal of press, and is the brain child of Michele Catalano, secretary in a Nassau County (Long Island, NY) court.

Help, I don't read German or Portugese!

Transblawg understands, and might be able to help with Udo and netbib. opensourcerecht.de is in English, so that helps a bit, and bLAWger from Brazil just looks like one big party (I know, that's only because to me everything from Brazil looks like one big party; sorry!).

Largely Legal

Paul Pedley writes of legal issues concerning the information profession at The Information Law Blog. Herb Gura hosts The Law Show on Lake County, California's KPFZ, and writes the show's blog.

Tubular Blogging

There's a new feature from Sarah Lane on Tech TV's The Screen Savers: "Welcome to the Blog Report."

Build To Suit

The L.A. Times reports today on the efforts of Microsoft and RealNetworks to create digital rights management software that meets the demands of the music industry and its customers, in Faster Than the Speed of Software: "In a little-known move, the major record firms have agreed to let consumers download an unlimited number of songs and listen to them wherever they go, for less than the price of one CD a month."