Tag: icommune

After Apple forced him to stop distributing his iTunes music-sharing plug-in earlier this year, developer James Speth has posted iCommune 2.0a1, a new stand-alone version of the peer-to-peer software. “iCommune is an application that extends Apple’s iTunes to share music over the network. You can share the music in your iTunes library and access other iCommune music collections. iCommune music collections appear as playlists in your iTunes window.

Apple has forced a developer to stop distributing a plug-in that turned iTunes into peer-to-peer music-sharing software, reports c|net. “The plug-in, called iCommune, allowed iTunes users to browse the music libraries of other Macintoshes over a network and stream or download music from them. On Wednesday, Apple notified developer James Speth that he was violating the terms of his software agreement and ordered him to stop distributing the plug-in and to return Apple’s development tools.