Do all mp3 players have copyright protection on them?

Question

I want to put some music on an mp3 player I'm going to get. But I'm not sure of something: Is it just the new ones that you use download managers like iTunes to put music on there? I have some old music I want to put on an mp3 player, but am not sure which mp3 player to get, one with a screen (which generally use download managers) or without a screen. The music most likely doesn't have a piracy protector on it, so it could possibly not let me transfer songs or get me into trouble. I also have some songs I ripped from a CD I once had, but have now lost (which is why I ripped the songs, in case I lost the CD, which happens to me quite a bit). The CD was from 2004-05, somewhere around there. Can am I going to be able to put those on there too?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Any music that you ripped from CDs will work on any MP3 Player as long as it is in .mp3 format.

Copyright protection (DRM - Digital Rights Management) affects in the opposite way. It doesn't disable you from only putting protected music on playres, but it is letting you add music you bought from most online stoers to it. A player with DRM compatibility lets you use regular music files plus protected music.

Some players can play different types of music files including, but not limited to: OGG, Wave, AAC, Protected ACC (Apple/iPod DRM), Protected WMA (Windows DRM), WMA, FLAC, Apple Lossless, and many others.

Answer 2

If you get an iPod, you're using iTunes. If you get anything else, you usually have the option of using the bundled software, Windows Media Player, Music Match, drag and drop in Windows explorer, etc etc.

If you ripped the songs yourself from CD, you can do anything you want with them. It is only songs you download from online stores that have digital rights management built in to them. You don't have to use online stores at all if you don't want to, you can just load it with music you rip from your own CDs. Not sure what you're saying about the screen, that really doesn't have anything to do with the software or with where your music comes from.

The stuff you download from iTunes will only be compatible with your iPod players, not other brands. There are many other online stores you where you can buy music for non-iPod brand players.