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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1665719"><p>Depends.</p><p></p><p>Some songs you may have purchased a long time ago from iTunes will still have DRM that prevents burning, perhaps, unless you upgraded those songs. If you didn't, you can still do so for $25 -- buy an iTunes Match subscription, have your music library matched, then delete your old copies and re-download the iTunes Match versions.</p><p></p><p>If you're reasonably sure none of the songs you have have this issue, then yes you can burn your music library to data DVD for backup/storage -- but surely you still have the CDs you got the files from in the first place, and wouldn't that be the ultimate "backup"?</p><p></p><p>I'm assuming you didn't steal the songs because what kind of genuine artist-supporting music fan would do that? But if that's what you did, then again I'd suggest the iTunes Match subscription: it will "legitimize" your stolen songs by replacing them with legal iTunes copies, and store them in the cloud -- eliminating the need to waste time burning DVDs. At the moment, the limit for iTunes Match is 25,000 songs (not counting any you purchased from iTunes, those are bonus and unlimited), but later this year the limit is going up to 100,000 songs (again not counting iTunes purchases).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1665719"] Depends. Some songs you may have purchased a long time ago from iTunes will still have DRM that prevents burning, perhaps, unless you upgraded those songs. If you didn't, you can still do so for $25 -- buy an iTunes Match subscription, have your music library matched, then delete your old copies and re-download the iTunes Match versions. If you're reasonably sure none of the songs you have have this issue, then yes you can burn your music library to data DVD for backup/storage -- but surely you still have the CDs you got the files from in the first place, and wouldn't that be the ultimate "backup"? I'm assuming you didn't steal the songs because what kind of genuine artist-supporting music fan would do that? But if that's what you did, then again I'd suggest the iTunes Match subscription: it will "legitimize" your stolen songs by replacing them with legal iTunes copies, and store them in the cloud -- eliminating the need to waste time burning DVDs. At the moment, the limit for iTunes Match is 25,000 songs (not counting any you purchased from iTunes, those are bonus and unlimited), but later this year the limit is going up to 100,000 songs (again not counting iTunes purchases). [/QUOTE]
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