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iTunes DRM-Free Files Contain Personal Info
r2k writes "Apple's iTunes Plus files are DRM-free, but sharing the files on P2P networks may be an extremely bad idea. A report published by CNet highlights the fact that the account information and email address of the iTunes account holder is hidden inside each and every DRM-free download. I checked, and I found I couldn't access the information using an ID3 tag editor, but using Notepad I found my email address stored inside the audio file itself."
I'd believe you, but Iraq is over. Nobody is afraid to go there anymore. Most troops consider it a vacation from the hassle filled life they live in the US.
To put in in easy to understand terms, bombs are easier to live with than inspections and training. That's how much of a failure the insurgency is.
Is this an issue from your past?
What are you talking about?
"RIAA is the litigious groups of assholes"
Yes...I agree...as for the remainder, WTF?
Really, I don't understand...explain, please?!?
Persons A&B both seem to have symmetrical access...Am I missing something?
(mod's==stay away-I am really wanting to know what's going on here)
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So you're saying it's completely obvious for people who already knew about it or knew to look for it? Wow, you're a genius!
/.ers are rarely surprised that some whack-job out there is blaming video games for violence; our surprise has more to do with how seemingly credible these whack-jobs are in the eyes of the masses.
I guarantee you the average iTunes user has no idea their account information is imbedded in the tracks they listen to. I also guarantee you that a significant contingent of those who may or may not have known about those tags would have (reasonably) suspected that DRM-Free music would not contain such restrictions, since there's no need for account authentication by Apple. In my pretty extensive use of iTunes and in my brief read of the EULA, nowhere did I see any admission that account information was linked to my music.
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