| The answer to this question is, just about anything you can do with any other music in your iTunes Library. Of course, "just about" means that there are some limitations on the music you get from the iTunes Music Store. However, you aren't likely to ever find these very limiting (unless you are trying to do something you shouldn't be doing anyway). So, following are the exceptions that make iTunes Music Store music slightly different from the music you import from a CD: You can listen to music you purchase from the iTunes Music Store on up to five computers at the same time. For most people, this isn't a limitation because they don't have more than five computers anyway (maybe one at work and a couple at home). Even if you have more than five computers, it is easy to authorize and deauthorize computers to enable them to play iTunes Music Store music as needed. Note  | Although the iTunes Music Store has an enormous amount of music available in it, it doesn't contain music from every artist. Some music companies have chosen not to place their music in the iTunes Music Storefor now. The inventory in the iTunes Music Store is continually increasing, and because of its dramatic success, my guess is that most of these holdouts will eventually join the party. |
You can burn to disc the same playlist containing iTunes Music Store up to seven times. So, you can create up to seven copies of the same CD or DVD. You aren't ever likely to really want to create that many copies of a disc, so this isn't really much of a limitation either. Besides, all you have to do is change one song in a playlist and then you can burn the changed playlist onto up to seven more discs. You are supposed to use the music you purchase for personal use only. Of course, this is the same limitation for the audio CDs you buy, too.
That's it. You likely will never encounter one of these limits in your regular use of iTunes Music Store music. The Absolute Minimum The iTunes Music Store is one of the best things to happen to music, ever. Personally, in the first few months the iTunes Music Store was available, I purchased more music than I did in several of the previous years. That's because I have fairly eclectic tastes and don't often want to purchase full CDs because I like only a few songs by some artists. That said, I have purchased a number of full CDs as well. Since the iTunes Music Store opened, I haven't ventured into any other online or brick-and-mortar music retailer very often. My guess is that once you start using the iTunes Music Store, you, too, might find it to be the only music store you need. When you shop in the iTunes Music Store, you can try any song before you buy it! To shop in the store, you need to set up an account. This can be done in just a few minutes, and you set up your account using iTunes. To visit the iTunes Music Store, simply click the Music Store source. You can browse and search the store for specific music that you want to hear. After you buy music and download it into your Library, you can do all sort of things with it, such as listening to it (duh), adding it to playlists, burning it to CD, and so on.
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