Can i buy a preloaded ipod

If the songs are in MP3 format, well, then reselling them is probably a violation of copyright law depending on whether each song's artist or record label has explicitly allowed that.

Before synching with a new iPod, iTunes doesn't force you to return the previously loaded iPod to the "cradle" for de-authorization and bulk-erasure. Apple is pretty much forced into allow synching with multiple iPods because it has no way of knowing whether you've purchased a new one or not maybe the old one was broken or lost.

More importantly, buyers of pre-loaded iPods should beware. The way the Fairplay-based CRAP technology in Apple's iPods and iTunes works, the retention of that music is tied to the digital identity of the owner in iTunes' parlance, this is known as an "account".

At the very minimum, if those songs are protected by Apple's CRAP technology, then those songs are trapped in that iPod and can't be played anywhere else at least not without some special tools that circumvent the CRAP technology -- a process which, according to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act anti-circumvention provisions, is illegal. No matter how you look at it, buying pre-loaded iPods is a bad idea. Tech Turkeys The worst products and services of the year.

Apple failed this time, but it will try again and likely succeed next time. But the company still might not like the commercial nature of such a business. Downing makes money by charging a premium over what a customer would pay if they simply bought everything from Apple. Shoppers in the market for a video iPod have similar services at their disposal. A company called TVMyPod sells those pre-loaded with movies and television shows.

In this case, however, the media is DVDs. Consumers can either buy a new video iPod from the TVMyPod, or mail one in and the company will load media on it and mail it back. To comply with the fair use provision of copyright law, it also sends out the purchased DVD with the iPod. With that, I think they would have some serious legal exposure. My understanding is that they are not doing that, My understanding is that they are capturing it with an analog output.

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