In all the hoopla yesterday about Apple's new MiniMe, I mean Mac Mini, there was little notice that the iTunes music client has been updated to version 4.7.1. Note that updating to this version (and 4.7 before it) will make it more difficult for you to exercise your fair use rights as it pertains to listening to music you bought on any device of your choice. According to a posting on this site, using the new version of the client can lead to music you paid for becoming unplayable (if not actually deleted). As almost always, there are workarounds.
But I am getting tired of the constant gamemanship that seems to be going on over at Apple so I think I'm going take a look at alternative ways of buying the music that I want to hear rather than what entertainment conglomerates want to sell to 16-year-old girls.
