And iTunes compounds the problem with a restriction on the number of
computers "authorized" to play iTunes purchases. Clearly, purchasing an
album, for instance, does not make it mine; it still belongs to iTunes.
How I know (besides having read some of the fine print)I've had to
rebuild my computer twice, and each time iTunes detected it as a
different machine so that now three of my five-machine allotment have
been used.
Backups don't help. The albums are backed up. The problem is when
iTunes tries to update the iPod from the "new" machine, it discovers
that some purchased-from-iTunes stuff was authorized for a different
machine.
All of which is a sort of long-winded way of saying look out for who
owns the cloud.
> From: [email protected]
> On 01/13/2009 at 1644 -0500 wrote:
> Actually, storage of music in the "cloud" is a flaw in iTunes - it is
> not easy to have multiple machines in my home access multiple iTunes
> libraries (my son see my daughter see mine, etc.). Might the Pre and
> others like it have a similar issue?
>
