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Is it renting video?

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If I get movies from iTunes, are they mine forever or am I just renting them? Do I get them for a certain amount of time & poof their gone or what?
 
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Mac O Licious said:
If I get movies from iTunes, are they mine forever or am I just renting them? Do I get them for a certain amount of time & poof their gone or what?
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got it!
 
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So I bought some movies on iTunes, can I transfer them to DVD?
 
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I believe those movies have some sort of DRM on them, which would keep you from burning them on DVD in order to play on a regular DVD player. However, I believe you can burn them onto a data disc for backup purposes.
 
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Kash said:
I believe those movies have some sort of DRM on them, which would keep you from burning them on DVD in order to play on a regular DVD player. However, I believe you can burn them onto a data disc for backup purposes.
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Hmm, kinda crappy. I downloaded some stuff for my kid & I wanted to move it to dvd so I can let her play it elsewhere besides my Mac. Oh well, I know not to buy any more movies.

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