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Sep 17, 2004 4:25 PM

IPodDownload: Gone But Not Forgotten

Like a bug that lives only a day, the handy iPodDownload,/a> iTunes plugin has squished by a nasty legal letter from Apple’s lawyers. But it lives again here.

Like a bug that lives only a day, the handy iPodDownload,/a> iTunes plugin has squished by a nasty legal letter from Apple's lawyers. But it lives againhere.

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