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iPod One song...you can put it on 5 ipods right?
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I dont think you can add it to other computers from the iPods, but yes you can have it on 5 ipods i believe, just need to authorize it
Unless they've changed the restriction since I last looked it's unlimited iPods but only up to five computers. The iPods pick up the authorisation from the computer's iTunes when you sync the library onto it, but if you put the song onto another copy of iTunes it will ask for authorisation again.
Only iTunes purchased songs will transfer off iPods to another computer. MP3s or anything you've ripped from a CD won't.
Only iTunes purchased songs will transfer off iPods to another computer. MP3s or anything you've ripped from a CD won't.
No. You can put it on other computers.
That's only for iTMS purchased songs. You can upload them from the iPod to a computer that has been authorized.
So say you have a MBP and you purchase music from iTMS. Then sync to your iPod Nano for example. Then later you purchase an iMac and authorize that iMac. Now when you connect your iPod Nano to the iMac you will have the option of copying the iTMS purchased songs from the iPod Nano to the iMac.
For all other music, you can just copy to an external HD, then transfer to the iMac. Or you can get a program like Senuti to transfer songs from your iPod to your computer that were not purchased on iTMS.
You can.
Amazon sells all their stuff DRM free, so you can use it how ever you like. Some of the music on iTunes is also DRM-free, but a few of the major record companies are still insisting that Apple sell the music from their artists with DRM, so for those tracks the restrictions still apply. It's all to do with Apple's early domination in the online music area, which the majors aren't too happy about, so they're building up competitors such as Amazon by allowing them to offer a better product.
As far as I'm concerned it all works on Macs and iPods so it's all good. A few years back there was a danger that all the online stores were going to adopt Microsoft's DRM which was Windows only, and hence freezing out Mac users. Now the idea of DRM has passed I don't care where I buy the music from.
Just to avoid any misunderstandings: There are two separate issues here; what does the software allow you to do, and what does the law allow you to do. Without DRM in the way, the music can be copied freely, but giving it away to others would be illegal.
Exactly, but in my view using something how you want and giving it away are two completely different things
DRM trick is to burn all the DRM'd songs on a disk and reburn them into your computer. it's been awhile since i did that (like itunes 6)