November 9th, 2006
No, I have not dropped off the face of the planet. Nor have I sunk into a postelection depression. But I have been mired in an iTunes dilemma: A few months ago, I finally left America Online. But while I had an AOL account, I purchased 77 songs from the iTunes store. Now that I no longer have this account, those 77 songs have been “deauthorized.” They cannot be played on my computer or on my iPod. If I click on the track, a message tells me as much and says I need to enter the password for my AOL account. Which I no longer have. So I enter the old password and, big surprise, it is treated as invalid. Please don’t tell me I have to repurchase those songs? (Okay, so maybe I won’t get Dan Hartman’s “Instant Replay” this time around.)
Just consider the above a public service in the event you are about to switch accounts. And if anyone knows a way out of this mess, let me know.
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