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From: Joe on 15 Jan 2008 21:30
Usual Suspect <reply(a)thegroup.net> writes:

> I have no account at iTunes store. I do not want to buy anything
> there, and don't expect I will in the foreseeable future.
>
> Is there any way to get the free content offered there? I click on,
> for example, a "Get Episode" link and it tells me to enter my Apple
> ID. Well when I do, it says that I have no iTunes account (duh).
>
> Am I forever verboten from any and all iTunes store free content?

Yes. However, iTunes isn't the only place to get stuff. I like to
listen to CarTalk, for example. It's available on iTunes, but it's
also available at cartalk.com, and I find it easier to get from there
even though I have an itunes account.

As the perlheads say "there's more than one way to do it". Google
often provides alternatives.

Joe
From: Usual Suspect on 15 Jan 2008 21:32
> You may not like DRM, watermarking, or use restrictions, but copyright
> holders require Apple to use them, and a system of personal accounts is
> the least burdensome, most user-friendly way to manage it all.

Ah, I hadn't considered this at all. In my head, all I heard was "Hey, why
won't this link work if it's free?" :-)

Thanks to all for the great answers.
--
Al, the usual

From: JP Ferreira on 15 Jan 2008 23:10
On 2008-01-16 00:30:37 -0200, Joe <kpfibmqjo(a)nbd.dpn> said:

> Usual Suspect <reply(a)thegroup.net> writes:
>
>> I have no account at iTunes store. I do not want to buy anything
>> there, and don't expect I will in the foreseeable future.
>>
>> Is there any way to get the free content offered there? I click on,
>> for example, a "Get Episode" link and it tells me to enter my Apple
>> ID. Well when I do, it says that I have no iTunes account (duh).
>>
>> Am I forever verboten from any and all iTunes store free content?
>
> Yes. However, iTunes isn't the only place to get stuff. I like to
> listen to CarTalk, for example. It's available on iTunes, but it's
> also available at cartalk.com, and I find it easier to get from there
> even though I have an itunes account.
>
> As the perlheads say "there's more than one way to do it". Google
> often provides alternatives.
>
> Joe

Check out Songbird (http://www.songbirdnest.com). It's a pretty cool
player with search features built in... you can search for free content
without leaving the app

From: Shawn Hirn on 16 Jan 2008 05:36
In article <0001HW.C3B26F5A000208DFB01AD9AF(a)news.sf.sbcglobal.net>,
Usual Suspect <reply(a)thegroup.net> wrote:

> I have no account at iTunes store. I do not want to buy anything there, and
> don't expect I will in the foreseeable future.
>
> Is there any way to get the free content offered there? I click on, for
> example, a "Get Episode" link and it tells me to enter my Apple ID. Well when
> I do, it says that I have no iTunes account (duh).
>
> Am I forever verboten from any and all iTunes store free content?

Accounts cost nothing. You do not need to buy anything from the iTunes
store just because you have an account. Set up an account and you can
easily use iTunes to download free content. No problem; I do it all the
time.
From: Shawn Hirn on 16 Jan 2008 05:37
In article
<7a6acfec-9645-42fe-96d0-c090d63e06ad(a)f10g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
roj <Alternity(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> On Jan 15, 4:10�pm, Usual Suspect <re...(a)thegroup.net> wrote:
> > I have no account at iTunes store. I do not want to buy anything there, and
> > don't expect I will in the foreseeable future.
> >
> > Is there any way to get the free content offered there? I click on, for
> > example, a "Get Episode" link and it tells me to enter my Apple ID. Well
> > when
> > I do, it says that I have no iTunes account (duh).
> >
> > Am I forever verboten from any and all iTunes store free content?
> > --
> > Al, the usual
>
> Don't feel bad. I HAVE an iTunes account and when I was offered free
> content, I clicked on the requisite hyperlink, and I got nothing.

It should certainly work. Try contacting Apple's tech support if you
would like to fix that problem.
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