2007-11-24 05:40:20 · 4 answers · asked by Bobby S 3 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Music & Music Players
Yeah, I was thinking of creating an Apple account to buy music on iTunes, but want to play it on my old music player.
2007-11-24 09:34:02 · update #1
If you bought the music yourself either through a paid download service such as "Sony Connect" or bought a CD which has this protection then yes you do have the right to do so.
The only reason DRM protection is added to music you rightfully paid for is to stop people from sharing the music amongst friends, p2p software etc. But, there really is no reason why you can't strip the DRM for your music player to keep for yourself.
But, if you strip this DRM and share stripped music file with anyone else (such as transferring it to their IPod or burning it to CD for them), then this is infringement of copyright.
Also, if you haven't paid for the music in any way, stripping this DRM for use on your music player would also be infringement of copyright.
Hope that explains well. :)
2007-11-24 05:55:04 · answer #1 · answered by BiggieD 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You bought the song right?
2007-11-24 13:47:46 · answer #2 · answered by prusa1237 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I should think so, they are your property.
2007-11-24 13:44:41 · answer #3 · answered by Lase 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no because that is circumventing copyright, which is illegal. there is no way around it.
2007-11-24 13:55:12 · answer #4 · answered by Jake 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋