<p>is it okay to sell ur iPod with songs in it? I know that every song that u buy from iTunes is coded with ur name and e-mail address. But, if the person who have bought a used iPod were to upload the songs in it on kazaa, isn't it the person in connection to the IP address, not the person's identity embedded in the music shared that's liable? this is a very difficult question, but i'm just curious.</p>
<p>here are some of my facts on music downloads:</p>
<p>in order to play on mp3, u have to burn and re-rip the iTunes songs. in the process, the DRM and ur identity is lost also some quality.</p>
<p>mac-based iPod does not transfer music to windows-based iTunes.</p>
<p>FairPlay is nothing to do with protecting u from accidently sharing music, but to increase the recording industry's profit.</p>
<p>it seems that Apple is not all that great afterall. i mean, they make it so difficult to do anything with iTunes, yet they stamp ur name on every song. also, i've heard that they copied "playlist" from creative. but, i don't blame Apple dominating the digital music because it has better quality than mp3 i think.</p>
<p>No, it's not okay.</p>
<p>P.S. That was a pain to read through.</p>
<p>It's illegal.</p>
<p>I'd agree with the painful to read part.
A) Yes, iTunes songs come with embedded customer data (even the DRM free ones that don't require logins).
B) No, when you download songs from Kazaa it doesn't include the IP address of the downloading machine or any other identifying info, unless you added it yourself.
C) Not technically true if you get programs of questionable legality in the US, I don't really know much about it. My friend claims he has MP3s w/o reripping. I just buy the DRM free stuff or the CDs.
D) Not technically true (see</a> this page), with the right HFS+ reading programs (the format Mac iPods use) you can use an application like [url=<a href="http://www.sturm.net.nz/website.php?Section=iPod+Programs&Page=SharePod%5DSharepod%5B/url">http://www.sturm.net.nz/website.php?Section=iPod+Programs&Page=SharePod]Sharepod[/url</a>] to transfer songs off.
E) I agree. It's more about making you rebuy the song, even though most consumers don't have a clue on how to get by iTunes encryption. You only need one decrypted copy of a song to share it...</p>
<p>Supposedly Creative had an interface patent which they fought with Apple over, I don't remember the exact details.</p>
<p>Did u hear about the woman who was fined thousands of dollars for filesharing on kazaa? that was pretty scary. i heard that u get in trouble for uploading, not downloading, songs. well, i was a little uneasy this past week since i sold my iPod. i left my songs in there because if i couldn't erase it without doing so on iTunes. so, how severe is this stupid mistake of mine? if they can't trace the kazaa account of the illegal uploader, then will they go after the id that's embedded in the song?</p>
<p>come to think of it, i bought my songs with a giftcard. i never put any credit card info in the apple id.</p>
<p>Unless you sold the iPod with the title "OMG iPod loaded with muzak!", I wouldn't worry about it.</p>
<p>-The person is probably a PC user
-Most people don't know how to mount a Mac iPod on a pc
-If they did, do they have the same musical taste?
-If they did, do they know about SharePod?</p>
<p>I think it's a pretty small and unlikely situation, unless you sold your iPod to the RIAA.</p>
<p>Probably they'll plug it into iTunes and it'll ask "This is some other guys library. Want to delete the music?" and they'll probably say "Yes" so they can load their own music on.</p>
<p>i'm thinking why Apple would punish file-sharers through leaking the itunes music purchaser's identity to spammers. it seems so trivial comapred to RIAA's lawsuits. the whole situation is very vague and extremely complicated. but for all huge music downloaders, it's a crucial matter.</p>
<p>if apple's fairplay prevents illegal filesharing, why do they embed identity in the song at all?...to spam and to leak credit card info!! but, some have found it easy to remove the DRM (and thus the identity and e-mail of purchaser) by re-ripping cd after they have burned the songs.</p>