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firecat (attention machine in need of calibration) ([personal profile] firecat) wrote2007-05-31 09:15 am
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How I won 20 iTunes songs by sacrificing a goat

My Avis rental car (a Ford Taurus) continued to give me trouble throughout the trip to Wiscon and Illinois (it wouldn't start reliably - I usually had to try several times using techniques such as waiting a few seconds to turn the key the final bit, putting on the parking brake, wiggling the shift lever, or dancing on the car hood naked and howling at the moon), but I guess I must have signed up for some special when I made the reservation because I now have codes for 20 songs on iTunes. I've never bought more than 2 or 3 songs on iTunes at a time so I feel like I'm rolling in riches and bits of dead goat.
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[identity profile] epi-lj.livejournal.com 2007-05-31 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, awesome! I suppose the codes are only good for the DRMed versions, eh? (They now let you get them un-DRMed for 30 cents more, I gather, although I hear it's only on some songs).
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[personal profile] firecat 2007-05-31 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, it's only good for the DRMed versions. If I encountered any un-DRM songs I would buy them instead to support the idea, but so far I haven't encountered any.

[identity profile] epi-lj.livejournal.com 2007-05-31 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
You can apparently upgrade your songs later for the 30 cent difference, also, so if you buy these and later they come out with un-DRMed versions, you could still get them for that instead of having to re-buy the whole thing. :)
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[personal profile] firecat 2007-06-01 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
Ah! Good to know.

[identity profile] bastette-joyce.livejournal.com 2007-06-01 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
Isn't there de-DRM-ifying freeware? Actually, I think I might even have downloaded some, but it was several months ago and I haven't used it. (I own only a single DRM'ed song that I got from iTunes - "Soul Meets Body" by Death Cab For Cutie. After that, I've been reluctant to buy from iTunes again.)

Congrats on the 20 freebies, though!
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[personal profile] firecat 2007-06-01 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
So far Apple's DRM hasn't inconvenienced me personally, but if it does I will look for the de-DRM software. I'm opposed to DRM on principle and want to support whatever makes it go away, which is why I would pay a premium to get non-DRM songs from iTunes if they had any for songs I want, which they seem not to ATM.
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