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Well yeah theoretically you're safer but Apple announced that iTunes music would become completely DRM-free back in 2009. And they've kept their promise, up unt
by Livven 14y ago
Well yeah theoretically you're safer but Apple announced that iTunes music would become completely DRM-free back in 2009. And they've kept their promise, up until now that is. I don't think anybody thought they'd sneak it back in. I was really surprised when I found out they did. Hope it's just a glitch they'll fix soon.
- meaty 14y agoYes I was there then - in fact I had a load of DRM'ed tracks from iTunes back when I owned an iPod. Why would you trust Apple not to do it though? They haven't exactly been trustworthy on any front over the years.
- ubernostrum 14y agoTwo odd things: 1. The report is only that the files have the 'm4p' extension. There seems to be no-one confirming that the files actually have DRM, just that they have the extension the old DRM'd files used to have. 2. Reports of people being able to convert to m4a from within iTunes. A DRM system that has a "remove the DRM from this file" option... isn't DRM. Which makes me wonder whether they're just the same normal non-DRM'd files, but being offered up with the wrong extension.
- Livven 14y agoIndeed, see the update. It's just a fle extension mistake.
- Samuel_Michon 14y agoThat makes absolutely no sense. Apple wants us to buy music, it's not going to deliberately serve us the worst parts of a song so that we can't judge whether to buy it.
- michaelfeathers 14y agoI wonder whether there is a hidden clause in the EULA. If not, this could be legal trouble.