Deployment of 1 song on multiple devices - similar to VPP
I've worked with the Volume Purchase Program in the past and everything has gone great. Recently, I had a customer ask if we could load one paid song onto 100 devices. I know that Apple doesn't offer music through the VPP program because of DRM requirements. I would like to use the same Apple ID to put the song onto all these devices. That being said, I don't want to break Apple's Terms and Agreements by only paying for the song once. Is there any possible way to load out these devices in a way that would be similar to the VPP process?
Sorry but no, there's no legal way to do that other than to purchase 100 copies, which since it would require multiple iTunes Store accounts would not be practical. In addition, this might run afoul of the terms of sale which state that tracks are sold only for personal, not commercial, use. The only other option I know of would be to buy the CD the track is on and then arrange a distribution license with the right holders, something which may be equally impractical.
The only alternativec I can think of would be if your customer would instead accept a track from one of the services that offer royalty-free music where you pay only once.
Regards.
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http://pondini.org/TM/TCQ1.html
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Does anyone know if you can use wifi sync with 1 computer, 2 libraries and 2 devices?
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With my library open it detected my wife's phone and started to sync. Hasty push of cancel sync button lol.
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Its basically tick 'sync only ticked songs and videos' under summary of your device
Under apps take tick out of 'automatically sync new apps'
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I have tried not doing the last step and asking it to open itunes automatically when phone is connected but this does not work with wifi sync
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