plus, no drm or big brother.

it's super easy to burn tapes/cd's and give them to people. i don't have an ipod, but i hear that everytime it gets plugged into a computer it synchs with itunes, so you can't just give a friend some songs. is that true? i remember parties where the music sources were people bringing different tapes and cd's--in this age would everyone have to bring an ipod, or can you still transfer music across machines (to say nothing of different types of machines)?