RE: iTunes protected content as only source

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Marcus Warrington
> Sent: 07 July 2006 16:19
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] iTunes protected content as only source
>
> <rant mod>
>
> This is exactly why I will *never* own an Ipod or use Itunes, give me
a
> real "MP3" player anyday. You effectively NEVER actually own
the music
> you've bought, your just renting of them at a very extortionate rate.
If
> I go out and buy the physical CD then I can rip it MP3 or play it on
> *any* CD player I choose etc. If I rip it MP3 and store on my PC and
the
> PC blows up, I can simply rip it again. If, on the other hand, I buy
it
> (with DRM) then it only plays on the m/c I've downloaded it on and if
> the file gets corrupt or deleted (or the PC blows up or gets upgraded)
> then you end up having to buy it again (this has happened to a friend
of
> mine..). I wouldn't mind so much if the cost was significantly cheaper
> but it seems to me that buying the physical CD is far better value for
> money!
>
> </rant mode>
>
> Marcus

Thing is, is there a "real" MP3 player that is as sexy as an iPod
Video and
does everything an iPod Video does (and ideally with an FM radio too)...

...I've long been tempted by an iPod - more so since the iPod Video came
out
- but it has been the lack of a radio (yes, I listen to radio) that has put
me off buying one (or the lack of a sexy alternative to the iPod video).

Phil