DRM-free iTunes Tagged with Name and Email
Earlier this week, Apple iTunes 7.2 brought the new ability to download tracks from EMI Records without copy protection. But as a by-product of the concessions from the friendley people in Cupertino, these DRM-free files are now tagged with the buyer’s personal information, prompting outrage from privacy activists. Remove the DRM, pacify the people, and still curb piracy. Sounds a bit anti-climatic, eh? Well, there has to be some deterrent from endless people sharing music on P2P networks, and torrent sites.
This is nothing new. Songs from iTunes have always had the purchaser’s information embedded in them. In fact, JHymn’s default setting was to strip DRM but leave the identifying information behind. I am mystified as to why this keeps getting reported as something new, novel, or dangerous.
To me it’s still DRM, maybe less crippling and low end in the quality side, but still DRM. Well I still prefer to buy my music the old fashion way I buy the CD, nothing like a hard copy of my tunes to burn the quality I want without any DRM (No Sony for me).
i agree this is nothing new but i fail to see the big deal. I dont see it as drm because it does nothing to limit your use of the product.
The only limit will be for those who share their files and get caught I guess. But I still buy the good old plastic copies.
Plastic copies are good. Thats why I download then burn them from the iTunes store