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crave.cnet.co.uk - 1/13/2009

iTunes Plus: Everything you need to know

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Apple's iTunes Store is almost completely DRM-free , and will be entirely DRM-free from spring. This means files downloaded from iTunes work on heaps of devices that aren't from Apple. What better way to celebrate the final bullet to the living corpse of copy protection than by reading ...

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Lifehacker:  DRM-Free iTunes Tracks Still Have User IDs Embedded [ITunes]

CrunchGear:  Personal information in iTunes files should prevent mass piracy

Gizmodo:  Yep, iTunes Embeds Your Email Address in DRM-Free Tracks, Move Along [ITunes]

High Tech Lounge:  DRM-Free iTunes Is A Plus

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DRM-Free iTunes Tracks Still Have User IDs Embedded [ITunes]
Lifehacker — [image] Just because Apple and Big Music dropped the DRM doesn't mean they want you trading your iTunes purchases. CNET notes that buyers' registered email addresses are embedded in every file , and so (somewhat) trace-able. [ ...

Personal information in iTunes files should prevent mass piracy
CrunchGear — ... encumbered with DRM, but don’t think that gives you free reign to put songs on your peer-to-peer network of choice all willy nilly. That’s because, while there’s no DRM to prevent you from sharing the songs with other people per se, the songs still have some of your personal information embedded in there. ...

Yep, iTunes Embeds Your Email Address in DRM-Free Tracks, Move Along [ITunes]
Gizmodo — ... ), it shouldn't really be an issue. The legit point of DRM-free tracks is that you can use them on any device you want without any retarded roadblocks, and easily share it with some friends, and it's not like you care if they've got your email address right? Right? [Crave via ...

DRM-Free iTunes Is A Plus
High Tech Lounge — ... and where they are going. One such example would be if someone were to legitimately purchase an iTunes Plus song, turning around to share it through BitTorrent or Limewire. The random person on the other end illegally downloading the file will now have a music track embedded with the original purchaser’s email address. What they could or could not do with that information remains to be seen, but know that DRM-free does not mean personal data-free. DRM-Free iTunes Is A Plus Source: crave.cnet.co.uk