notes.husk.org. scribblings by Paul Mison.

headlessness:

“A report published by CNet highlights the fact that the account information and email address of the iTunes account holder is hidden inside each and every DRM-free download. I checked, and I found I couldn’t access the information using an ID3 tag editor, but using Notepad I found my email address stored inside the audio file itself.”

Slashdot | iTunes DRM-Free Files Contain Personal Info.

Wait, is this meant to be news? iTunes Plus downloads have been watermarked since the day they were launched, nearly two years ago. The purchaser’s email address shows up if you look at track info, so it’s not really all that “hidden”. Oh, and iTunes downloads are AAC files; ID3 is for MP3s, you want QuickTime metadata atoms instead.

At least the comments at +5 are reasonably sane, and I suppose a reminder of watermarking doesn’t really hurt.