Ipod Question

[smokey982]

I currently do NOT have an Ipod, but I use Itunes on my computer for listening, downloading music, and consolidating my CD collection. I have a neice that has an Ipod full of songs.

I'm wondering, can I download the music from her Ipod to my computer without any problems? She uses her computer to download music to her Ipod. Does that in any way "marry" her Ipod to that specific computer? Or can she go to different computers downloading or uploading music?

 

[JAG72]

I currently do NOT have an Ipod, but I use Itunes on my computer for listening, downloading music, and consolidating my CD collection. I have a neice that has an Ipod full of songs.

I'm wondering, can I download the music from her Ipod to my computer without any problems? She uses her computer to download music to her Ipod. Does that in any way "marry" her Ipod to that specific computer? Or can she go to different computers downloading or uploading music?

Not with iTunes. Once you connect her iPod it will ask you if you want to delete everything on it. iTunes will not allow an iPod from another computer to sync with yours.

 

[StevenD]

That would also be theft.

 

[rockymtnhigh]

That would also be theft.

Yes, it would be illegal to transfer other's music; but there are tools on the net to copy your ipod to a hard drive - I do it to have a backup of my stuff. But I don't share ipods with others either.

 

[ripnbigc]

I used the tools to copy my ipod tunes to my new computer when my hard drive crashed. Now I use the backup tool in Itunes.

 

[smokey982]

That would also be theft.

I guess I never thought of it that way. I guess I looked at it the same as a friend buying a new CD and me borrowing it and burning myself a copy.

Which I guess some people may consider that theft as well. I just don't look at it that way. Maybe I'm wrong.

 

[sidekick]

You can always burn cd's from itunes from her computer and then load the cd's into your itunes.

 

[JAG72]

I guess I never thought of it that way. I guess I looked at it the same as a friend buying a new CD and me borrowing it and burning myself a copy.

Which I guess some people may consider that theft as well. I just don't look at it that way. Maybe I'm wrong.

Your wrong.

 

[smokey982]

Your wrong.

Yeah I'm sure no one on this forum has ever burned a copy of a CD for a friend, because that would be illegal.

 

[sidekick]

Remember, itunes specifically has a button to allow you to burn songs to a cd.

Yeah I'm sure no one on this forum has ever burned a copy of a CD for a friend, because that would be illegal.

 

[Rlanham]

All of these reasons are why I won't, and never will buy at the itunes store, and I am a family of 3-ipods, including an iphone.

Not only will I not purchase something that I can't do what I want with it, but I am not able to select the endoding I want either at the apple store. 128kbs AAC may be fine on the ipod, but not if you want to listen to them on your home system.

If I buy an 99-cent itunes song, I cannot put it on my wife's ipod without unauthorizing it on my ipod and transferring it to her ipod?,, how ridiculous.

Wake up Apple, and get rid if the DRM.

 

[thowe21]

that doesn't sound right. I have 3 iPods and an iPhone and I'm able to put the same song on all 4 of them without a problem.

 

[smokey982]

All of these reasons are why I won't, and never will buy at the itunes store, and I am a family of 3-ipods, including an iphone.

So what service do you use to download music to your Ipods?

 

[mike123abc]

Every ipod can play every song from itunes. It is the computers that are limited to 5 authorized. You can deauthorize computers to add a new one. Also, of course you can always burn your song to CD then reimport it back in to remove all copy protection... It is just a weak appeasement for the record lables.

 

[Rlanham]

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