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other warnings and questions
Authored by: SOX on May 01, '03 11:05:53AM

Apple also warns you to deauthenticate your mac before you
reformat the disk or sell it. its not clear but it seems to imply
that you could lose one of your 3 authentications if you dont.
Apple also warns you they are free to change how they
authenticate your music when you install it on a new mac any
time they wish.

This lack of clarity over the authentication protool has me
worried but not hyperventilating.

legitmate questions include:

1)how do I authenticate my music on future macs or ipods if
mac sells its music store to someone who either goes out of
bussiness or starts charging fees to authenticate. (dont laugh
mac switched its bussiness model from free to pay for mac.com
and claris works)

2) Someday i'll want to keep my music on my phone, credit-
card computer, ring, implant, etc....will future itunes allow me
to move music to non-mac music players?

3) if my computer is lost, the mother board dies, my hard disk
crashes, or a virus eats it, or my employer seizes it before
deauthenticate have I lost one of my authentications?

4) what if I go bankrupt and cant get a visa card. how do I
maintain a music store account so I can authenticate?

5) in the future, will legacy macs that cant run the latest OS
also not be able to authenticate?


As I said I'm not hyperventilating, and like 8-tracks and vinyl I
dont have the unreasonable expectation that I wont want to
replace my music media in the future. but I dont want to be
forced to because say apple goes out of the music bussniess.

and yes I realize I can make an audio CD but its not the same
as having bought a CD in the store since the store bought CD
will rip to higher audio quality for use in digital players (and I
predict in the future all useful players are going to be digital--
there wont be many CD players except as ripping devices)



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Holey cow dude... buzzkill
Authored by: srelan on May 01, '03 02:09:47PM

You must be really fun at parties...



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