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How To Play Your iTunes Music On Other Systems

Posted by timothy on from the shame-this-is-necessary dept.

ptorrone writes "Engadget has a step-by-step for the non-uber geek on how to play your purchased music from iTunes on other systems. To be clear, this isn't a way to take music you bought and give it to someone else, this is so you can listen to your own purchased music on other systems or devices. In fact, your personal info is still in the file."

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  1. Re:I have a way to do that too..... by Luscious868 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    hymn (the tool talked about in this walk through) is PlayFair. It's been renamed and a new author is working on it. Also, the latest release keeps your Apple ID in the file so if you have it on a P2P network your asking for trouble.

  2. itunes is awesome, but... by chaos421 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    i really like itunes. the layout is great, and the integration of itunes music store is fantastic because of the ease of use, speed of download, etc. it is slightly annoying that the songs are encrypted. if my other mp3 player could read these files, i wouldn't have any complaints. perhaps the solution is to send e-mail/letters to your favorite mp3 player company and request they release firmware upgrades for your players so that the itunes format is supported.

  3. Re:I have a way to do that too..... by real_smiff · · Score: 4, Interesting
    > hymn (the tool talked about in this walk through) is PlayFair. It's been renamed and a new author is working on it. Also, the latest release keeps your Apple ID in the file so if you have it on a P2P network your asking for trouble.

    It seems like only a small step to remove the Apple ID from the decrypted file, hmm? I'm not advocating piracy but.. someone has to say this, 'cos it's what's going through plenty of people's minds.

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  4. Re:Not necissarily by k8to · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Private replay of works is not an action which is controlled by copyright. Full stop.

    You're referring to public performance, which it does cover. It also covers distribution.

    In the iTunes case, distribution was done with respect to the copyright and the license. If you later breach the copyright, it says you lose your rights as granted by the copyright. Sadly I'm not lawyerly enough to know what that means your legal status as to the files and private use of them is. However, you aren't either.

    Suffice it to say, to be legally sure, you'd probably have to consult a lawyer, and maybe a bunch of dissenting lawyers and the agencies they represent would have to consult each other and a judge and over a lawsuit.

    In practical terms, of course, I really doubt anyone will ever care about your private reproduction and media shifting, so it doesn't really matter.

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