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iTunes: Don't Leave Home With Them

Posted by michael on from the apple-is-too-u.s.-centric dept.

BadDoggie writes "Politech is reporting that your 'ownership' of music purchased from Apple's iTunes isn't what everyone considers ownership. According to the license, 'Apple may use technologies to verify' that you have not 'use[d] or attempt[d] to use the service from outside of the [United States]'. This includes Canada. Apple's 'technologies' delete the bought-and-paid-for files with no refund and no replacement when & if you leave the U.S." Update: 07/25 16:23 GMT by P : The post to Politech says the songs would "disappear," not be deleted; from the context, it seems they were merely unplayable, not deleted. Update: 07/25 21:34 GMT by M : Apple has contacted the guy, and is apparently making him happy. However, the question remains: Apple definitely doesn't want people buying new songs from outside the U.S., but do they intend to generally permit foreign users to reauthorize (in effect, retain access to) the songs they have already purchased? Apple's policy is very unclear on that point.

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  1. Eeh by Greyfox · · Score: 0, Troll

    Slashdot is all well and good but if you want the people who need to know about it to know about it, it should be plastered all over CNN.

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  2. Re:Yes, BUT... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll


    BUT you only have to pay for the one song you want, not the 10 crappy filler songs you don't give a shit about.

    This is the argument that I keep hearing that I just don't get. If you find that all the other songs on the album are crap, chances are the whole album (including the song you want) is crap.

    If you hear a song that you think is good enough to collect, you should be interested in what else the artist/group has done. It may not be as good, but it should be something. If not, then realize that you "like" the one song, not because it is good, but because clearchannel has programmed you to like it.

    (oops I did it again)

  3. Re:Yes, BUT... by G�tz · · Score: 0, Troll
    If you hear a song that you think is good enough to collect, you should be interested in what else the artist/group has done. It may not be as good, but it should be something. If not, then realize that you "like" the one song, not because it is good, but because clearchannel has programmed you to like it.
    I couldn't express that better (at least not in english :-)). I also have songs in my album collection that I don't like (often at the end of the CD after a few minutes of silence), but I wouldn't want to remove a single song. If I really like a band, I want all of their stuff anyway.
  4. Re:Yes, BUT... by cens0r · · Score: 0, Troll

    Finally someone sees the light. If an artist (and I use that term lightly) only has one good song on a cd, chances are the one song you want really isn't that good. Chances are also high once that song stops being popular (getting radio airplay, mtv play, etc) that you'll quickly forget about it. So, why buy it? Quality artists put out quality albums. They spend a lot of time working on all the songs and quite frequently put all the songs on a CD in a certain order for a certain reason. Quality artists treat an album like once piece of work. It's funny that I've never heard anyone argue that they should be able to buy just the Battle of Helms Deep because the rest of the movie is just filler. It's really the same thing.

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  5. So you're not a mac fanboy I bet, huh? by siskbc · · Score: 0, Troll
    anyone who says ms is scarier than apple, has a very disturbed and distored view of things...

    See, that's what's called an *opinion*. Just because you're a mac fanboy and you disagree doesn't make his view "distorted." I hope to hell you don't become eligible to moderate because that attitude is exactly the problem with slashdot's moderation system.

    i mean these people aren't zealots

    What, the mac fans who use their mod points only on apple stories? The ones who flame anyone who doesn't bow to the cult of Jobs? No, certainly not them.

    your just an MS fan boy (sorry for saying the "F" word)

    Right, there are tons of MS fan boys, and we all belong to the club. Here's a clue - MS doesn't have "fans" because windows users don't treat their OS like a religion. And I don't even use windows, so don't start the windows fanboy crap again.

    yeah apples WAY worse, you can tell by there EULA, and there 13 digit registration codes,

    Right, God knows that's the true estimation of an OS's quality.

    I mean, how long does microsoft have to fuck you in the ass before you give up windows?

    You're under the mistaken impression that anyone who thinks Apple is less than perfect uses Windows. Not the case. Most people here use linux, I imagine. That's right - we criticize apple...AND microsoft. Yes, you *can* do both! Even if you use one or the other!

    you seem to like the abuse you sick fucks.

    Got your panties in a bunch because someone insulted your favorite OS? That is the very definition of zealot. I rest my case.

    And to all you mac zealots out there, feel free to mod me down, I don't care. It's karma-burning Friday and we've got an inferno going here.

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