Here's the applescript for Yahoo! Messenger to get the iTunes status message:

repeat
	set the theTime to (the (current date) + 60)
	repeat until the (current date) is greater than theTime
		delay 60
	end repeat
	try
		tell application "iTunes"
			set theSong to (artist of current track) & "-" & (name of current track)
		end tell
	on error
		set theSong to "(no song playing)"
	end try
	
	try
		tell application "Yahoo! Messenger"
			SetStatus 2 with "iTunes:" & theSong -- & return
		end tell
	end try
end repeat

There is a bug that I can't figure out -- this makes you appear 'busy' as well -- I don't know how to unset the busy flag. I tried using the 'on idle' version posted, but couldn't get it to work.

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I found that if you replace the line
SetStatus 2 with "iTunes:" & theSong -- & return
with
SetStatus 99 with "iTunes:" & theSong -- & return
it displays the status without the busy icon showing.

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Okay, how do I use this?

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