you’d think people would be more grateful

All this kerfuffle over Apple embedding the names of purchasers in iTunes music files: I assumed it was in case the files got mislaid and they could be returned to their owners.

What other motivation could there be? And what reason would anyone have not to have the name associated with someone they purchased? Maybe no one needs to know you have a copy of this? I understand. Or this?

Seriously, if this is a watermarking scheme, they should have been upfront about it. I can see it’s a slippery slope when you can be accused of treating your customers as potential criminals. But that’s better than suing first and examining the facts later.

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