[MacDV] Authorizing iTunes purchase for my computer

Gerhard Kuhn gerhardk at mac.com
Wed Aug 8 20:50:09 PDT 2007


Hi Donald

Not sure why your computer won't let you do this but there is always  
a way to circumvent these things.  If you take the song and burn it  
to cd and then import to iTunes you will not have any more DRM issues  
with the song.  It is not an eloquent solution but it does work.


Gerhard


On Aug 8, 2007, at 7:57 PM, Donald Tully wrote:

> Hi Listers - I need a little help, please.  About a month ago I  
> made an iMovie project using legally purchased and downloaded music  
> from iTunes.  I burned the project with iDVD and all was well.   
> Today I made some changes to the project and attempted to burn it  
> again using iDVD.  An error message told me that I needed to have  
> the iTunes Store authorize my computer to use the music.  Being the  
> compliant guy that I am, I said sure. But even after I went through  
> the authorizing process, I was still not able to use the music with  
> my project.
>
> Can anyone tell me 1) Why do I have to get "authorized" to use  
> music that I purchased (Same computer used to buy the music and  
> make the DVD. and 2)  Why won't the music that I purchased and then  
> authorized work with my project now when it worked fine with the  
> original version of the project?
>
> Thanks in advance...
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