[iBook] Another probably simple question - about downloading music to iBook...

[Miche Doherty]

On 30 Jun 2005, at 7:11 pm, Richard McKay wrote:

>>> that CD must get converted to normal music format (no doubt with DRM 
>>> still)
>>> as it does play in *normal* car CD players etc...
>>
>> Small correction: when you burn purchased ITMS tracks to audio CD, the
>> resulting CD has no DRM whatsoever.
>
> Really? If that's true that would prove to be an interesting concept.
>
> What would stop one from making a CD copy then on a different Mac 
> importing
> it back to equal quality AAC tracks that have no DRM or MP3...

They wouldn't be of equal quality. Both AAC and MP3 are lossy 
compression formats. If you burn purchased tracks to audio CD, then 
reimport as unprotected AAC or as MP3 (it wouldn't have to be on a 
different computer, BTW), then more loss of quality is introduced, even 
if the bitrate is the same.

Miche.