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crisgal | 09:54 Tue 06th Dec 2011 | Music
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If I buy a song from itunes, and then burn onto a disc, and I want one, my husband wants one, I need a copy for the car etc, then lose one, so need to make ANother copy - will it let me?
I think there used to be a limit as to how many times you could burn it.
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If you save it onto your computer hard drive initially it'll be there for you to copy a smany times a s you want. I'm not sure of the legal position though
Not that I have much to do with itunes but I'd suspect it would be technically possible to copy as many as you wish. But I also suspect you have bought one copy and unless your country has some 'fair use' laws that allow more, one is all you should have.
Just copy your copy.
Itunes hasn't put copy protection on it's music for a couple of years now, you can make as many copies as you like for personal use.
"my husband wants one"

Unsure that qualifies as personal use ;-)
Until the UK government enacts the proposed changes to the current laws of copyright you are not allowed to make any further copies or format changes for personal use - UK has never had a "fair use" clause.
But if it is out of copyright then it doesn't belong to Itunes anyway?
Songs still in copyright do not belong to Itunes either.
Surely if Itunes don't own the copyright of a song they can only charge you for the download, after that you can do what you like with it.

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