New DRM free tracks on iTunes contain purchasers name

Of course this makes sense, but there are going to be those who think that DRM-free means you can freely exchange these files between machines and users.

Obviously that's not logical or true though. But, just so you can see for yourself that your information is stored in each file, check out this hint from TUAW.

1. Launch Terminal. You'll need to be comfortable at the command line to perform this check.

2. Navigate to one of your iTunes plus downloads. If you have a US iTunes account, you can download the iTunes plus "Ooh La" single of the week.

3. Use the UNIX "strings" command to look at the text in your data and grep to search for your name. e.g.
strings 01\ Ooh\ La.m4a | grep name
Alternatively, open all the strings in TextEdit:
strings 01\ Ooh\ La.m4a | open -f.

You should see something similar to this:
Itunesplussonghasname2

Of course, it's only a matter of minutes before some clever soul writes an app that strips your name from the file and replaces it with 'Steve Jobs'. :)

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