Beware of uploading any songs purchased through iTunes (even non-DRM ones). Apple's adding users' names and email addresses to each file they download:
Gulfnews: Apple's latest trick to enforce digital rights
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Turns out that Apple has been embedding its files with user information. iTunes customers have been downloading files that contain both their names and their email address.
How long this has been going on and just why Apple has felt compelled to do so is still a mystery - the company so far has refused to comment - but the reason seems obvious.
The embedded data won't prevent anyone from listening to their music files, but it might deter them from uploading them to a file-sharing server.
The data is unencrypted, so uploading a file to LimeWire will be like writing your name and number on a bathroom wall. Who would do something so stupid? No one, that's the point.
But the message is clear: take our songs public, and we'll take you public. |
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