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Apple will actually let you do that, they just don't advertise the fact.

• grandalf 17y ago
  You get one per lifetime. I used mine already. Is it my fault that I have had two hard drive failures? How much energy should I have to put into backing up something that Apple could easily let me re-download if it wanted to?
  • CamperBob 17y ago
    Where is it documented that you get one re-download per lifetime?
    • grandalf 17y ago
      I was told this by Apple customer support when I informed them that my hard drive crashed and that I didn't have a backup.
  • ajg1977 17y ago
    No, but it is your fault that you didn't learn about the value of backups after the first time.
    • grandalf 17y ago
      My point is that DRM is a technology that should remove the annoying requirement of having to back up songs -- I could see having to back up songs downloaded via bittorrent, etc. Apple offers the worst of all worlds by imposing DRM and also not allowing a simple re-download option. I really don't want to spend $100 on a backup drive and then have to back up my iTunes folder after every purchase. That is totally not how things should work in 2009. Notably, all my other data (code, documents, etc.) is easy to back up (documents on google docs, code on github)... so the only thing I ever need to worry about is music.