Privatunes cleans up iTunes Plus tracks
June 27th 2007
Matoumba, a French software developer, has released Privatunes, a 'doze-only utility that erases buyer-specific data from iTunes Plus tracks purchased from the iTunes Store. The company is offering these five reasons for using Privatunes on your legally-acquired iTunes Plus tracks:
1. Am I still a child who needs his pencilcase and schoolbag tagged with my name?
2. I bought the damn tune, but someday I may want to sell it (hey, how is it more stupid that selling old CDs ?).
3. I just have a thing for privacy. Is it dirty?
4. How the heck do I know it's not gonna be shared on P2P networks by my 6 year old step sister???
5. I thought good customer-seller relationship ment something like... how do they say, "trust'?
Some observers and pundits made a stink about Apple's inclusion of buyer-specific data in iTunes Plus tracks at the end of May when the 256kbps track became available.
Editor's note: As with all forms of digital-rights management, the "free-love" crowd always seems to find a way...
