An update on my loss
An update on my loss of data (see below). Apple responded to my problem by allowing me to download ALL of the music I have purchased to date, with the ‘warning’ that this is a one time exemption. Fair enough. If I had bought a CD from Best Buy and snapped it in half, I can’t very well expect them to replace it, right?
We need to get over this thinking that digital data is unlike any other product. Just because I CAN copy it ad infinitum ad naueseum doesn’t mean that I SHOULD, or that I have the RIGHT to do it. Apple has reasonable restrictions on these files, and they do not inconvenience me at all.
I can still burn all the Audio CDs I want. I can copy them to other computers, but only three machines at a time can be authorized to play them. And of course there is the iPod, which doesn’t count. About the only thing I can’t do is email a compressed file to a friend. I’m free to burn it as a CD format and do what I please though. (Technically, I can only burn a playlist 10 times, but then I can simply move a song to a new position on the list and get 10 more burns, so it’s really a token restriction).
So in short, I’m still happy with my decision to go legit.
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