ZEN Stone Plus

The tiny ZEN Stone Plus is designed for life on the move. Compact and sporty looking, it comes in glossy color and can store up to a thousand songs. You're sure to fall in love with its smooth curves, round blue display with clock/stopwatch, FM radio and microphone. Whether you're running between lessons, keeping fit in the gym or commuting to the office, just pop the ZEN Stone Plus in a pocket and keep it with you all the time... because it's the MP3 player you'll love.

The Facts: You Bought It, But They Still Own It

Imagine if Tower Records sold you a CD, but then, a few months later, knocked on your door and replaced the CD with one that you can't play in your car. Would you still feel like you "owned" the CD? Not so much, eh?

But Apple reserves the right to change at any time what you can do with the music you purchase at the iTunes Music Store. For instance, in April 2004, Apple decided to modify the DRM so people could burn the same playlist only 7 times, down from 10. How much further will the service restrict your ability to make legal personal copies of your own music? Only Apple knows.

Another hallmark of ownership is the right to give away or sell your property. That's called "first sale," and it's explicitly protected under copyright law. Yet Apple's DRM frustrates first sale-just ask George Hotelling, who had to give away the login and password to his iTunes Music Store account in order to resell a single song.

As the table below shows, there are many other ways that Apple's DRM limits what you can do with a song you "own." Many other a la carte download services choose to impose similar restrictions. How "generous" of them.
Additional iTunes Music Store Restrictions

* Restricts back-up copies: Song can only be copied to 5 computers
* Restricts converting to other formats: Songs only sold in AAC with Apple DRM
* Limits portable player compatibility: iPod and other Apple devices only
* No remixing: Cannot edit, excerpt, or otherwise sample songs

--comments from electronic frontier foundation

Free iTunes music on your ZEN Stone Plus

There are always usage restrictions on on-line music. It is very annoying with the DRM restriction applied by the on-line music store. But with NoteBurner Audio Converter,why do you have to bother about that?

NoteBurner will not crack DRM protection to convert the protected audio files. What this smart app does is simply simulating CD burning and ripping processes to convert all type of audio formats to MP3, WMA or WAV (AAC for Mac version) in legal ways. You may acquire necessary license to have the protected music burned and converted, whether by purchasing, subscription, or getting authorized by other person.

Software Editor's Review

NoteBurner is one of our favourite programs in our review of audio conversion software, and its reliability in converting music files, even DRM protected songs, earned it our "TopTenREVIEWS Bronze Award." -TopTenREVIEWS Award Editor's Review

"NoteBurner's simplicity makes it a joy to use and it does an excellent job of converting different audio formats, including DRM protected music. When compared to Tunebite 5 though, it does fall short on features. Tunebite 5 has a built-in CD burner, ringtone maker, streaming audio capture tool, more output audio formats, and can synchronize tracks with your MP3 player. That said, NoteBurner beats Tunebite 5 easily on speed when converting DRM protected files and so if you have a lot of DRM'ed downloads that you need to convert, then NoteBurner will save you a lot of time and is worth considering." -TopTenREVIEWS Editor's Review