.iTunes accounts

[bibblebub]

There's a free download from iTunes in today's Times. I haven't bothered with iTunes before and am unhappy that to get this download I have to create an account which includes having to give a credit card number and it's security code.

Is there any way to get such a free download without the need to give such details? Is everybody quite happy with the level of data protection that iTunes provides?

[Milvus]

No. iTunes uses your account details so you can prove you "own" the tracks.
iTunes is one of the biggest music stores in the world and provides a high level of data protection, does not share its data and provides clean copies (no malware) of its media files

[bibblebub]

Thanks for replying.

I have now succumbed to providing that info.

[Matheous-2]

bibblebub -you can {I think} use iTunes without an account set-up by buying iTunes card which is available in most Supermarkets priced £15 upward - scratch off the label to reveal a code which you redeem in the iTunes Store which displays the amount of credit you have left after each purchase.....Hope that helps....