If you’re looking to bogart your friend’s Britney Spears collection, you no longer have to scour the Web looking for homemade software that allows you to lift it. Sima has released Hitch, a $99 doohickey that allows users to share the wealth of their iPods without a PC.
The company says that the device also connects to digital cameras, digital video players, and USB flash drives, so you can share a lot more than your love for 80s hair bands.
I’m not sure how this product gets a pass for sharing content, but I can’t manage to get stuff from my iPod back onto my computer. Not complaining… just saying.
That’s what I want to know, Jake—what exactly does “DRM-complaint” mean in this case?
does this work on music/vids purchased on the itunes store?
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Here is the “official” word from Sima…
“Hitch is totally compliant with all Digital Rights Management systems. With songs and videos purchased at iTunes, Hitch transfers the files in the same way as ‘Non-iTune’ files. It will not automatically play the iTune file like it will with normal files. To activate the iTune file, the receiving unit simply has to go back and hook up with its ‘base’ iTunes, and put the password of the person who purchased the iTune file into the prompt that requests it, and the file will then be ready to play. Remember, when you buy a song/video from iTunes, you get up to 5 copies, so by doing this, one fo the copies is used up.”
I hope that doesn’t confuse everyone more…