[ale] Can we make it better? Was --> Bloody MS EULA Changes Effecting Our Choice

Geoffrey Myers lists at serioustechnology.com
Mon Oct 18 20:45:44 EDT 2010


On 10/18/2010 10:49 AM, Preston Boyington wrote:
> Jerald Sheets wrote:
>> On Oct 18, 2010, at 7:14 AM, Paul Cartwright wrote:
>>
>>> I have spoken with my son on a number of occaissions about APPLE,
>>> his Ipod&  it's lack of ... adaptability/stranglehold on
>>> Itunes,etc.. very limited BY Apple, to what he can do with HIS
>>> Ipod.. They make the rulz:)
>>
>>
>> What once was true is not anymore.
>>
>> I buy unprotected files from Apple and can convert/move these to
>> mp3's or whatever I wish in any manner I wish, moving it to any
>> device I wish on any platform I wish.
>>
>> Please update your understanding.
>>
>
> That's great news, so my buddy can now move those 800+ iTunes songs
> to his Linux machine?
>
> I've never used iTunes, so is this an update he needs to do or
> something he's just missed in a setting somewhere?

Any iTune purchased tune can be burned to a cd.  From there you can rip 
it under Linux.

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Until later, Geoffrey

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