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Apple Discontinues IPod - Early Models Selling for Huge Amounts

posted by janrinok on Friday May 13 2022, @01:02AM   
from the no-wireless-and-less-space-than-a-nomad dept.

SomeGuy writes:

DailyMail is reporting that early Apple iPod models are selling for absurd amounts after Apple announced that it is discontinuing the iPod.

This week Apple announced that it is discontinuing the iPod Apple launched its first iPod Classic back in 2001 with a $399 price tag Fast-forward to today and old iPods could be worth a huge amount of money An iPod Touch sold on eBay in March for more than $6,500

Amid the news of its discontinuation, listings for iPods on eBay have surged, with many sellers asking for huge sums of money for their retro devices.

Speaking to MailOnline, James Andrews, senior personal finance editor at money.co.uk, said: 'With iPods discontinued, you might be asking whether it's time to cash in on some of your old tech.

'The first thing to say is don't get excited by list prices on ebay. While a few models are selling for thousands, the vast majority are selling for far less.

'But that doesn't mean you couldn't pick up a reasonable amount. Do a search and check recent sold prices for models like your own to see what you're likely to get.

'In general, the best prices go to iPod Classic models, in great condition and with all the leads needed included. If you're lucky enough to have an unopened U2 Special Edition iPod from 2004 in the back of a cupboard, it could make you thousands.'

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Original Submission

• Diamond Rio Diamond Rio (Score: 3, Informative) by DannyB on Friday May 13 2022, @03:00PM (1 child)

  by DannyB (5839) on Friday May 13 2022, @03:00PM (#1244751) Journal

  This was one of the first mp3 players.

  The RIAA was so outraged by this new development that they sued Diamond Rio to nip this in the bud.

  1. Recording Industry Associaton of America v. Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. [museumofintellectualproperty.org]
  in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  180 F.3d 1072 (9th Cir. 1999)

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  The record industry fails to stop the MP3 player

  Debuting in 1998, Diamond Multimedia's Rio PMP 300 was the first commercially successful personal MP3 player in North America. And it was the realization of a long brewing fear of the record industry.
  With old analog technology, sound recordings lost quality with each successive generation of copying. So if you wanted a high-fidelity copy of a song, you had to buy it from the record company.

  2. Recording Industry Ass'n of America v. Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. [harvard.edu]

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  [....] (Diamond), "alleging that the Rio [a device manufactured by Diamond] does not meet the requirements for digital audio recording devices under the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992, 17 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. (the "Act"), because it does not employ a Serial Copyright Management System ("SCMS") that sends, receives, and acts upon information about the generation and copyright status of the files that it plays." The Rio is a portable digital audio device which "allows a user to download MP3 audio files from a computer and to listen to them elsewhere." The lower court denied the RIAA's request for injunctive relief, holding that the RIAA had failed to demonstrate a likelihood of success on the merits, [....]

  3. Recording Industry Ass'n of America v. Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. [wikipedia.org] (Wikipedia)

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  On appeal, the ninth circuit upheld the lower court's decision to deny injunctive relief but found that the lower court had erred in holding that the Rio was a covered device under the AHRA. The court noted that in order to be a digital audio recording device, the Rio must be able to reproduce, either "directly" or "from a transmission," a "digital music recording."

  ^{stick that in your pipe and smoke it!}

  4. RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA v. DIAMOND MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS INC [findlaw.com]

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• Re:Diamond Rio (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 13 2022, @03:30PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 13 2022, @03:30PM (#1244763)

  I had both the PMP 300 and 500. The PMP 300 was more of a proof of concept, but the 500 was legitimately great early mp3 player.

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