Baraka_Guru

Neither can we. They don't allow transfers from iPods to iTunes in hopes that you won't "steal" music from an iPod if you don't own it or the music. (i.e. They don't trust their users to obey the law.)

I wouldn't worry about the music being transferred from your iPod with a third-party program (of which there are many) if you are, in fact, a licensed user. It's not illegal to use these programs. Winamp does this by default, for example. I'm sure Apple would have buried those guys if it were illegal.

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