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A few comments about iTunes. Not all music on iTunes is DRM protected, there's iTunes Plus music without DRM. I regularly buy songs there, because, for one reason, I can buy there without a credit card, but also because of DRM free songs. I don't want to advertise for commercial organizations but Apple's Steve Jobs took action personally to free at least a part of their music library from DRM, by negotiating with record companies. Also it's not so much Apple or the iTunes store who decides that music is with or without DRM, it's the artists and their record companies. Much of the music of alternative / independent artists on iTunes is DRM free. there are also ways to get around this copy protection, like burning it to a cd and rip it again. User:Patrick Patrick (talk/contribs)
iTunes links
You probably noticed some of these 
hanging around. Here's the deal:
- You click on the icon and you are taken to the iTunes store (Windows or Mac) where you can get a 30 second preview of the individual track and/or buy it for $0.99 - or you can buy the whole album.
- WWR is supposedly going to make 5% for any purchases you make clicked through our link. Just like CDBaby, if you click, then no matter what you buy at iTunes for the next 24(?) hours, we get a 5% kickback.
- Music you download from iTunes is crippled by "digital rights management" which is just a way to say you buy a copy and may or may not be able to play it on a bunch of devices. You probably know more about it all than I do since I don't have an iPod. Bottom line: if you like iTunes, go for it. Unlike CDBaby which I support 100%, you're on your own with Apple.
- In the left-hand menu, if you see one, it points to the current song being played. So no matter what page you're on or what you're doing, you can click it and whatever song was playing when the page loaded will be displayed in iTunes.
- Other places that you see one (songs coming up, songs just played, request shows, etc.) you can click it and it goes to that song on iTunes. Great way to get a 30 second snippet preview of songs before you request them! To hear the preview, just click on the song in iTunes.
- CDBaby does sell entire CDs as MP3s without DRM (great description at this link BTW. We don't get a cut, but that's okay with me. CDBaby has always been a working inspiration to me as how a commercial independent music website can be run.
Let me know on my talk page if you have comments or opinions. Jim (talk/contribs) 22:56, July 17, 2008 (AKDT)
Items tabled for the short term but still viable for the long-term
Adopt-a-user proposal
Are you interested in helping another user learn the ropes of WWR's wiki? Or perhaps you'd like to learn more about editing on the WWR wiki? Visit the Adopt-a-user page. We're assessing if there is enough interest in a mentoring program. sparx (talk) 20:21, May 9, 2008 (AKDT)
Council Of Elders
WWR is back up without chat capabilities for the time being.
I'm drafting a set of guidelines to form a "Council of Elders" to help deal with present and future personality problems at WWR.
I will no longer shoulder the sole burden of responsibility and the resulting complaints and personal attacks for taking actions that need to be taken on this website. I will no longer accept sole responsibility for quietly being the voluntary police force that is assigned the unpleasant task of dealing with online substance abusers, online stalkers, trolls, email attackers and other people who disrupt the good intentions, good portions and good people of this website.
The chat will not be enabled until this group is assembled and ready to take action when needed. ---Jim
