# Question about iTunes music store **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 26, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-itunes-music-store/221123 "2003-12-26T16:07:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-itunes-music-store/221123/1 "2003-12-26T16:07:27Z")
I have had iTunes since it came out for Windows, but I haven’t bought anything from the iTunes Music Store yet. Now I want to, but I want to know for sure what I can and can’t do with the songs I buy. I know they have some sort of protection thing. 1. Can I put the songs on more than one computer? Both of my computers have the iTunes program. 2. Can I burn multiple discs from them, and change the formats? What I like to do is burn a disc for my bathroom CD player (.cda format), and one disc in MP3 format for each of our vehicles (.mp3 format). I know how to do this, but I don’t know if it is allowed with purchased iTunes music, due to the copy protection they have. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-itunes-music-store/221123/2 "2003-12-26T17:57:00Z")
[Unlimited CD burning](http://www.apple.com/itunes/burn.html) ]url=http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/]Share on 3 PCs or Macs and unlimited iPods ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-itunes-music-store/221123/3 "2003-12-26T17:58:53Z")
doh! Bad tags… [Unlimited CD burning](http://www.apple.com/itunes/burn.html) [Share on 3 PCs or Macs and unlimited iPods](http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/) ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-itunes-music-store/221123/4 "2003-12-26T18:01:54Z")
Can I share across platforms - can my brother and I share, even though he’s got a Mac and I have a PC? We both use iTunes now, but haven’t shared with anybody. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-itunes-music-store/221123/5 "2003-12-26T18:42:21Z")
Ok, I bought the album I wanted, and burned the disc in .cda format. Cool. Then I change preferences, and try to burn some .mp3 discs for my cars - it tells me that none of the songs in that playlist (purchased music) can be burned to disc. What gives? ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-itunes-music-store/221123/6 "2003-12-26T18:53:09Z")
It gives me a message saying it can’t convert protected music to MP3. ☹ My car players can play .cda, but for space reasons I prefer mp3. So I guess that means that music purchased from the Apple store can’t be played on my portable MP3 player? ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-itunes-music-store/221123/7 "2003-12-26T19:38:35Z")
Not sure what application you are using to burn the MP3’s but the iTunes Burn Disc should burn Purhcased Music. Maybe your iTunes app is corrupt. [http://www.apple.com/itunes/burn.html](http://www.apple.com/itunes/burn.html) ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-itunes-music-store/221123/8 "2003-12-26T19:47:43Z")
I beleive you need to burn as CD Audio, rather than MP3. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-itunes-music-store/221123/9 "2003-12-26T19:58:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 5 time champ \* > \*\*Not sure what application you are using to burn the MP3’s but the iTunes Burn Disc should burn Purhcased Music. Maybe your iTunes app is corrupt. > > [http://www.apple.com/itunes/burn.html](http://www.apple.com/itunes/burn.html) \*\* I’m using iTunes to burn, but it will only burn purchased music into .cda, not .mp3. I’d like the format to be .mp3 for car players and portable (non-iPod) players. No go. **gotpasswords** - yes, the CD audio disc burned fine, but I would have liked to burn a couple .mp3 discs for the cars. I guess that is the limitation of this service. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-itunes-music-store/221123/10 "2003-12-26T20:53:49Z")
I figured a way to do it. I won’t post how here, since it defeats the copy protection.