[X4U] iTunes authorization

[Simon Forster]

On 4 Dec 2006, at 14:22, Michael Winter wrote:

> On Dec 4, 2006, at 5:02 AM, Simon Forster wrote:
>
>> On 4 Dec 2006, at 10:16, Kirk McElhearn wrote:
>>
>>> On Dec 4, 2006, at 11:05 AM, Simon Forster wrote:
>>>
>>>> I was an early adopter of iTunes and bought a couple of tracks  
>>>> from the store almost as soon as it was launched. Quite quickly  
>>>> I lost the tracks (laptop replacement, dying hard drives etc)  
>>>> and so I decided not to buy DRMed tracks. More recently I bought  
>>>> an album from iTunes - which has gone too as I swapped machines  
>>>> around.
>>>
>>> In other words, you didn't back up your files...? :-)
>>
>> Actually, no.
>
> At which point you've lost the file wether its DRM'd or not.

You're mis-reading and mis-quoting what I said:

"Actually, no. It's simply that I tend to use the move from one  
machine to another (or a hard drive upgrade) as an excuse to do some  
spring cleaning. I copy across the stuff I need and then make some  
form of archive copy of the old data so that if I need something in  
the future, I can go get it."

I was replying in the negative to Kirk's assertion that I "didn't  
back up" my files - although to be fair, re-reading the post it's not  
100% clear. Double negatives and all that I guess.

>> Now think tracks I can't access. Why keep them?
>
> Because all you have to do is authorize the new computer. If that's  
> too much of a hassle, then the iTMS isn't for you.  I just don't  
> think its fair to blame Apple for the loss of those tracks. As I  
> said, if they were purchased and downloaded with no DRM and you  
> failed to back them up, they're gone just as surely.

Again, no. iTunes was telling me that I couldn't authorise the tracks  
on the newest computer as I'd already authorised on 5 computers  
previously. At the time, I didn't know about de-authorising  
computers. So shoot me.

I will agree that iTunes music store is not for me. It sells music at  
a questionable bit rate with DRM which detracts from my ease of use  
while offering little in return.

My opinion of course.


Simon Forster
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