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Story: iTunes DRM-free backdoor reopened

Posted by: Marc Thompson (Wednesday 23 March 2005, 2:50 PM)

I think iTunes (and similar sites) should be forced to disclose just how hindering the DRM copy protection is.

I signed up to the service some months back and downloaded a few songs. I expected to be able to transfer about and basically enjoy my legal rights to products I had paid good money for.

The DRM illegally takes away these rights to personal use. For starts I'm not sure how they get away with it. If a company sold cars that had a secret (and unadvertised) feature only allowing the car to be driven on certain roads (probably toll roads owned by the car company), then this would be obviously illegal.

Apple seem to be able to sell, quite legally apparently, products which after handing over your money you realise you can only play the songs in the way Apple choose using what Apple chooses.

Apple refused to give me my money back for the useless songs I downloaded but could only listen to on the computer (which I never do).