Posted by Gregory Weston on 11/15/17 11:31

In article <1131561525.082977.82230@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"FatKat" <robynari@juno.com> wrote:

> Gregory Weston wrote:
> > In article <1131502275.977857.54800@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
> > "FatKat" <robynari@juno.com> wrote:
> >
> > > David C. wrote:
> > > > sd@OMEGA.MITRE.ORG (Spud Demon) writes:
> > > > >
> > > > > Can you burn personal-use DVDs from iTunes videos?
> > > >
> > > > According to what I've seen, the videos from iTMS (.m4v format) are DRM
> > > > wrapped, so they can only be played on 5 computers and on iPods. DVD
> > > > burning is not permitted.
> > > >
> > > > -- David
> > >
> > > Another strike against iPod.
> >
> > It might be if the limitation you're referencing had anything in
> > particular to do with the iPod. But it doesn't.
>
> Video files encoded for iPod being restricted in terms of when & how
> they can be played has nothing to do with iPod?

The problem with your statement is that it's fundamentally incorrect to
characterize the data in question as video files "encoded for the iPod."
Video files can be "encoded for the iPod" that have no DRM on them, and
in theory FairPlay DRM could be applied to data streams that aren't
suitable for iPod playback. So, as I said, the DRM issue about which you
were responding has nothing in particular to do with the iPod.

G

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