The title of this article is kind of tongue-in-cheek, right? Obviously once you download a file from iTunes or rip it from your CD, you’re done right? I mean it’s on your iPod and it’s safe, right? You don’t havfe to keep from scratching it like perhaps a CD, right?
Right …
An article on MonstersAndCritics.com reminded me of this fallacy. But it really has to do more with they way people treat their PC or Mac hard drives as well.
Most people don’t bother backing up the data on their hard drives, and that’s what your music is once you’ve downloaded it your your hard disk. Data.
And your iPod, that’s just another hard drive as well (and Nanos are just flash memory sticks … and flash memory, despite what you may think, have a limited lifetime as well).
Kate Syred, commercial director at Privilege, said: ‘Our research has highlighted the risk music-lovers are taking by not insuring their favourite downloaded music collections. Many consumers do not realise quite how much it would cost, or how long it would take, to replace their music downloads.’ Source: MonstersAndCritics.com
And sure, it’s possible to get your downloaded music insured but some insurance policies don’t cover your PCs and they certainly don’t cover a hard drive crash. Your best bet is to back up your PC and thus your music collection.
