So I have learned a few things about downloaded music that I thought I would share. I don't download much music, but when I do I want to be able to play it on all of my devices and the kids devices without issues. We'll Itunes is really easy to use and the only way to load music on our Ipods so that is what I have been using. The downside of buying music from Itunes is that their songs have DRM(Digital Rights Media). This is a way for them to restrict how you use your music that you purchased and own. So when I download a song and put it on my Ipod, the kids Ipod and my computer it starts to restrict where I can put my music. In the coming years, or now, the digital home is going to have a media server that will serve the home environment music, videos, pictures and such. When that happens if we purchase our music from Itunes since they restrict how many devices you can serve to this will limit what you can do with your media home.
I have started to purchase my music from Amazons MP3 Service. They don't DRM protect their music and in fact I have found that it is about 10% less expensive. The quality is the same. Their site isn't bad for finding music either, however I still prefer to find the music on Itunes then go download it from Amazon. Just thought I would share so that you dont get years down the road and realize that Itunes DRM severely hinders you using the music the way you want to
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