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What would happen if itunes closed?

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Dingo Dave 69

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I am buying more and more of my music, films and tv shows from itunes and watching them on appletv. If itunes closed or apple stop making appleTV what would happen to all of this content?

I use my appleTV for most of my films and tv shows and don't like the idea that if they ditch it I can't watch my programs as I like in my lounge.

Can itunes stream to other units? Can I stream movies etc from itunes to a 360 or a PS3 for instance?
 
I don't believe that you would be unable to continue to view the content for which you have already paid, but you would obviously not be able to get any more music or media from it.

But I could be wrong. Guys, if iTunes died server-side, would all of our purchases be rendered unusable?
 
As long as they kept the FairPlay authentication servers up, you should be fine. If they took those down as well, we're all screwed.
 
Someone would reverse engineer Fairplay, release an app to remove the DRM, and no one would be around to fight it.
 
iTunes is the No. 1 music distributor in the U.S. Why in the hayull are you worried about it closing?

If such a near-impossibility happened, it wouldn't happen overnight. You could burn all of your music to audio CDs, which would strip it of its DRM. You wouldn't need to do this for any iTunes Plus songs.

I doubt Apple will stop making the ATV, but if they did, you can sync videos to an iPod and then connect that way, or you can hook up any sort of Mac to the TV.
 
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