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Regarding hints on evading iTunes Store copy protection
Authored by: nedly on May 08, '03 02:40:52AM

Another data point:

TiVo just turned on an Home Network Stereo option on their Series 2. I
was impressed that with a little effort I had it online with my Airport
and was able to play both my iMac and iBook iTunes library from my
living room sound system.

However, my Purchased Music folder is not available on the TiVo, I am
hoping that it will be fixed in a future release. Doens't make sense that I
can see my CD iTune Library, just not songs purchaed from the iMusic
Store. Maybe when the Windows support is released later this year.

Not clear on the policy about 3 Macs. But it doens't seem that I can store
my Purchase Music on my iBook, only my iPod and my iMac. I can see
my Purchased Music on my iBook via the Shared feature. Guess that's
the way it supposed to work, just not with my TiVo.

Sigh ...



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Regarding hints on evading iTunes Store copy protection
Authored by: extra88 on May 08, '03 10:19:47AM

At this point, TiVo can't play AAC files. There's a good chance it will add AAC support in a software upgrade but it's unlikely it will ever be able to play tracks purchased through iTMS because of the DRM. To play a purhcased track a device has to be authorized. Authorization requires iTunes to contact an Apple server. Your TiVo may have a network connection but it doesn't have iTunes and it probably never will. Windows is going to get support for the Music Store because Apple is writing an iTunes for Windows.

You can play purchased tracks on your iBook just by copying the files to it just like any other file then authorizing the tracks on the iBook (which requires a network connection). Once the tracks are authorized on your iBook, they don't have to be re-authorized.



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