Is there still iTunes DRM in Canada?

[Jorpho]

I bought some music off of Rhapsody for the first time a few years ago and was very disappointed to find out too late that it was still DRM'd, despite changes in the US. (I might get around to digitally cracking the files some day, but it's a rather complicated process involving old versions of WMP. And yes, I know about Tunebite and burning to a CD and such forth.)

I've never bought anything on iTunes before, mostly because I don't have an iPod and because the software appears to be horribly bloated crap, but there's an album I want to buy and iTunes seems to be the best way to get it. (Also, I'm thinking I can get a bunch of free bottles of Diet Coke on the side – coke bottles come with codes for free downloads, right?) Are the files at least DRM-free if I buy them in Canada?

[Chrispy]

No.

[Vidkid72]

The files are DRM free as far as I know. I just played some mp3s in Windows Media Player that my daughter bought in iTunes on her own computer/ipod that I have backed up on my computer and it played fine.

[rabbit]

> I've never bought anything on iTunes before, mostly because I don't have an iPod and because the software appears to be horribly bloated crap

Back up your system, or registry, before hand, so you can completely nuke iTurrds afterwards. :)



> I just played some mp3s in Windows Media Player that my daughter bought in iTunes

Don't they only sell AAC files? If it's MP3s, you have no worries, as you cannot DRM MP3s.

[Jorpho]

I just played some mp3s in Windows Media Player that my daughter bought in iTunes on her own computer/ipod that I have backed up on my computer and it played fine.Don't they come in .m4a format by default? Is there some way to make iTunes download and store the files as mp3s instead?

I really don't have the slightest problem with .m4a, as it plays in Winamp, but my concern is that there might be some other format that is of higher quality.