This sounds made up.

I purchased a song on iTunes a long time ago, during the time that an Apple ID was required to unlock access to the file. I lost access to the associated email address and Apple ID password. I don’t want to steal a song that I morally own. How do I unlock the file without the Apple ID password?

  • Transient Punk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    43·
    4 months ago

    You can’t steal something you already own. Just download an unencrypted copy. There is nothing morally questionable about that.

    • NoneYa@lemm.eeEnglish
      18·
      4 months ago

      I did this recently. I bought an album off iTunes and Apple Music fucked my library up so I had to revert to a backup which happened to be before I backed up that album. That album is no longer available for my region, according to iTunes, and iTunes/Apple support has been unhelpful in completely ignoring all my support tickets to ask how I can download a copy of this album I paid for.

      Fuck it. I downloaded the album from less than legal ways. I did pay for the album, after all.

    • trustnoone@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      5·
      4 months ago

      For what its worth to OP you might want to look at what laws apply in your area. Many countries may indeed be okay with you downloading a song you already own (as per transiet punk) BUT be against you breaking copyright protection (decrypting it).

    • SeekPie@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      Yeah, I had a de-gooogled android ROM that wouldn’t allow me to verify that I had in fact bought an app. So I just downloaded the unlocked apk and it just works.