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iTunes Sells 500 Millionth Song
TJPile writes "Apple's iTunes Music Store can now say half a billion served. One look at Apple's front page says it all. Sunday, at 2:44PM EST, Amy Greer of Lafayette, Indiana bought Faith Hill's Mississippi Girl to win."
"One look at Apple's FRONT page says it all." That's http://www.apple.com/ I can't help it if the editors butcher my submissions. I had links to Apple.com, the iTunes Music Store, and the winning song in my submission, but they were cut.
None of them.
According to the promotion rules,
"1) downloading a song from iTunes (any free downloads will be deemed an ineligible entry)" -r.
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Apple's iTunes Music Store can now say half a billion served. ...Except that you didn't link to their lovely half-a-billion front page, you linked to the store page which they forgot to update since 'over 430,000 '.
For the teeming horders: clicky on the apple in the top left, et voila.
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>All the same, though, knowing that I only have 5 format/reinstalls before my music becomes untouchable isn't good enough.
From the Apple website:
To deauthorize all computers associated with your account:
Click Music Store in the Source list.
If you're not signed in to the store, click the Account button, then enter your account name and password.
Click the Account button again (your ID appears on the button), enter your password, and then click View Account.
In the Account Information window, click Deauthorize All.
...and that's all there is to it.
There are ways of getting around the DRM. For one, you can just use a converter. I just converted about 50 or so of my protected files into MP3's that can be played on any ordinary MP3 player, using JHymn.
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What he mentioned deauthorizes ALL computers EVER authorized by iTMS with your account - whether the computers still exist or not.
You can use it once a year.
Since it seems like you only use one computer with your iTunes account, that'll take you back to 5 "reformats"...or just remember to deauthorize before you reformat next time to avoid all this in the future.
no, you haven't lost anything. If you follow the instructions, (sign into itunes, de-authorize, then reauthorize your newly formatted computer), youll regain access to all of your purchased music on that computer. I recently had to do the same thing, and once I learned how to deauthorize all, I had no problems getting it done.
When you authorize a computer, it send information about that computer to Apple's server, then checks against it when you want to play a protected song. if you deauthorize all computers, it clears the five fields in the database kept at Apple, and allows you to refill them with your five favorite computers again.
Oh, and you can deauthorize from ANY computer with itunes installed, it doesn't even have to be one that has ever been authorized in the past. So, go back and read the grandparent's instructions, follow them without whining, and you'll have your music back.
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I'm almost positive that I remember hearing in one of the quarterly conference calls that any time Apple announces a number of songs downloaded for iTMS, that they always mean _paid_ downloads only. Frankly, if they were including free downloads, they could leave themselves open for claims of securities fraud -- what if 500 million songs only meant $200 million, when everyone clearly assumes its close to $1 per song. (Its not quite $1 because a lot of songs are bought in albums, where there is a bulk discount. But Apple has provided guidance in the past what the average $ per song is.)
Song cards tend to have very little cash value on them. The fine print on the $50 card is "Prepaid card cash value is 1/10 of one cent." I imagine it's the same for the 10000 song card.