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  by Aonghus Fallon 4 months ago

  I never used Itunes much Mike, but my understanding is that whenever you buy something on Itunes, it is non-transferable - ie, only useable on the computer from which it was purchased. The computer's 'identity' is its icp address. Kindles operate on a similar basis. The intent is to prevent people sharing or lending data.
  
  I didn't realise you could create something on itunes. Sometimes a music file will be opened by itunes simply because it happens to be the best application for playing it. This doesn't make it is an itunes file per se. The original file should be somewhere else on your computer. Common file extensions are .wav or .mp3. I'd be surprised if it's too big to be emailed but (as you no doubt know) the file size will be listed under the 'details' and that will give you some idea as to its actual size.
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  by AlanP 4 months ago

  AF has it about right. If you buy a track from iTunes then it is licenced onto just the machine it's downloaded to, although you can transfer your library to a new machine you are only allowed one copy at a time. The way it does it is by encrypting the data and making the device MAC address (media access control number - not to be confused with apple mac, it's burned into the network chip) part of the key. Kindles are the same. The file is encrypted and only decodable on one Kindle at a time.
  
  But iTunes is a library tool that can organise lots of sound files. It's a playlist manager really. Only those files bought from iTunes are encrypted. So if you made a recording using a MAC utility (Audacity or something) then the original file will be lurking wherever it stores its files on your drive. But iTunes programme has no export feature. Why would it? Just attach the original file to an email and you should be fine.
  
  Some ISPs limit the size of an attachment to around 15 MBytes, but most allow a lot more than that. If it's really big then you can transfer absolutely massive files point to point over Skype.
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  by mike 4 months ago

  Thank you for the comments. I am sure Alan is right, in that i have had a couple of replies about the CDs, I have sent by post. They can be played on other CD players, or computers, than mine. I think they must be Mp3 files. I had a phonecall from the composer's nephew, who is still alive and he pronounced the music tuneful. I suspect this would be held against the music now! This is the first time the music has been heard -outside my living room -for about a hundred years. As far as i am aware, other marches and incidental music, had been recorded on 78's. but I only have a few of these.
  I think the files are too large. iTunes does allow translation into some other file formats, but I have not been able to transport these files to e.mail either. I tried last night. It looks as though snail mail will have to suffice. I have only sent the CDs to people who remember my mother, or my grandfather, so i have only sent out a few. This is a limited edition CD!