This is all based on my non-lawyerly reading

On Jun 9, 2011, at 2:29 AM, Ashley Aitken wrote:

>> (iii)        You may switch an Associated Device to a different Account only 
>> once every 90 days.
> 
> This is interesting / strange.  I change the iTunes store account on my Mac 
> and iPhone often (sometimes many times in a day).  Does this only relate to 
> non iOS devices like iPod nanos and shuffles?

This is not what account you log in to from you iPhone (for example to purchase 
from the app store).  It is the account set for auto-push download stuff from 
iCloud.

> 
>> (iv) You may download previously-purchased free content onto an unlimited 
>> number of devices while it is free on the iTunes Service, but on no more 
>> than 5 iTunes-authorized computers.
> 
> Unlimited devices but only 5 iTunes-authorized computers?  Why this 
> limitation for free content?

It is not "free content".  It is previously purchased content that can be 
re-downloaded for free.

> 
>> AUTOMATIC DELIVERY AND DOWNLOADING PREVIOUS PURCHASES BETA
>> 
>> When you first acquire App Store Products, as defined below, (excluding 
>> products acquired from the Mac App Store) or iBookstore Products, as defined 
>> below, through the App and Book Services (collectively, “Eligible Content”), 
>> you may elect to automatically receive (“auto-download”) copies of such 
>> Eligible Content on additional compatible iOS Devices and 
>> iTunes-authorizedcomputers with compatible software by associating such iOS 
>> Devices and computers subject to the association rules below (each, an 
>> “Associated Device”). For each Associated Device, you may specify which type 
>> of Eligible Content, if any, may be auto-downloaded to it. On an Associated 
>> Device that is capable of receiving push notifications (“Push-Enabled”), 
>> including iOS Devices, the Eligible Content will auto-download to that 
>> Associated Device when it has an Internet connection; on an Associated 
>> Device that is not Push-Enabled, including those running on the Windows 
>> operating system, Eligible Content will automatically appear in the download 
>> queue and you may manually initiate the download within iTunes.
> 
> Again, push sounds like this is beta for iCloud?
> 
>> (i)  You may auto-download Eligible Content or download previously-purchased 
>> Eligible Content from an Account on up to 10 Associated Devices, provided no 
>> more than 5 are iTunes-authorized computers.
> 
> So apps to 10 devices of which only 5 can be computers (Macs I guess).
> 
>> (ii) An Associated Device can be associated with only one Account at any 
>> given time.
>> 
>> (iii)        You may switch an Associated Device to a different Account only 
>> once every 90 days.
> 
> Hmm, not sure I understand this or that it is being enforced?
> 
>> The above terms (i) to (iv) do not apply to App Store Products.
> 
> Products?  They mean electronics / accessories?

That did not make sense.

> 
> Can someone simplify all this?
> 
> How is it supposed to work for a household of 4 people who wish to share 
> music and apps?  Are we supposed to share apps like we share music?  
> 
> Cheers,
> Ashley.
> 
> 
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