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<FONT FACE="Calisto MT"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>On 7/4/07 10:18 PM, Michael Elliott wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Calisto MT"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>I'm not sure, but I think that the reason for the obfuscation is part of the anti-piracy concessions that allowed the iTunes store in the first place.<BR>
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Yep. You can only play purchased iTunes music on up to 5 computers authorized to your account. You can put the music on an unlimited number of iPods, but you can't move the music back off the iPod onto another computer -- and if you back up your computer you shouldn't need to move the music off the iPod onto your own computer (I pass no judgment on anyone who doesn't back up, I'm only repeating the "party line"). This is all part of the digital rights management.</SPAN></FONT>
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