Better yet, they’re all still available through iTunes too, so you can also watch a favorite on your AppleTV or computer too.
For you, it’s perfect: buy the shows you want through iTunes, run it through TuneKit for Mac, then copy the resultant files onto your Android tablet for your later viewing pleasure. It’s a program that lets you strip off the digital rights management wrapped from video content that you buy or rent from the iTunes Store. By tying rights so tightly to individual platforms, I think that vendors assume we only have their products, so those of us with a Mac and an Android phone, or a Windows tablet and an iPhone are in a very difficult world where buying something in one format - like a physical DVD at the store - doesn’t mean we’ll be able to consume it on the device of our choice.Įnter TuneKit for Mac. Having said that, I also believe that buy once, play everywhere is the fairest rights management system and while it might be difficult to implement from a technological standpoint, I find it really frustrating that a movie I rent through Xfinity or a TV episode I purchase through the iTunes Store or a movie I rent through the Xbox Store on my Windows 8 tablet can’t be viewed on all of my other devices. From an anti-piracy perspective, I think it makes complete sense and definitely appreciate all the great movies, TV shows and music being produced by artists who know that they’ll be paid for their efforts. The Apple iTunes Store uses something called “FairPlay DRM”, a digital rights management system that does exactly what you’re talking about: tightly pairs video and audio content with not just specific software (iTunes) but with your iTunes Store account too, so that if you give a copy of the file to a pal, they won’t be able to watch the show or listen to the music.
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