Q: Transfer purchases to another ID

peace bro

OK, I am understanding you better now that you are explaining it a bit better. I see what you are saying about creating a new Apple ID currently. I have somewhere that I can inquire about that and get information about what is going on with that.

Have you tried to recover use of the old Apple ID by changing the password?

Do I smell a lawyer? :-)

You bet ya nancy! Only the finest.

Good luck to ya jcolem2. You contributed to our thinking and that's what this is all about.

I just smell tacos!

As long as the person is in your immediate family you can just sign into the app store with the id you want to transfer from, download the app from purchased and then sign back in to your normal id. it will work.

Alright, so I'm just a teenager, almost 18, and I have a similar issue. The thing is, most my apps are free for one, so no stealing, and two, I bought everything I want to transfer to a new Itunes account myself. My problem is that, my mom, stepdad, and I all shared an Itunes account. I was much younger when all this was setup and didn'e have a clue what was going on, or really even care at the time. So everything I bought was with giftcards I bought or got as a present. Butnow I moved in with my dad. Obviously this made my mom angry, so she changed the ID password. So to download new things I simply made a new ID in the iPod, set it all up and everything, but I can't hook it up to the computer to sync it or to backup the purchases that I (emphasis on the "I") bought myself, just on a previously shared ID.

Is there aaaaannnnyyyyything I can do?

Keep in mind that I can't go to my mom for any help to use her password or permission or anything like that, I'm not tryingto be sneaky or steal, just claim my things.

Unfortunately there isn't a darned thing that you can do.  Apple's "Terms and Conditions" are such that your mother owns the apps and music.  To be honest, even if you had a pleasant relationship, it would be difficult for you.

Yeah, it *****.  Welcome to the world.

This is utter nonsense. I have neither the time nor the patience to sift through this thread, but I just wanted to point out that the OP's proposed transfer, if accomplished, would be neither legally nor ethically suspect. Support communities seem to attract people who are unable or unwilling to distinguish between legal restrictions and unenforceable terms to legally dubious agreements (often called adhesion contracts despite being anything but). Just because Apple wants something to be theft doesn't make it so; if that were the case, I have no doubt they'd define it to include an omission to purchase their products. Bottom line: you don't know what you're talking about.

@loudmusic1994 Your post (amongst others in this thread) opened my eyes: I've made a seperate Apple Account for my son now so he really ownes everything he buys with the giftcards he will get in the near futur

Next week is his birthday and he gets an iPos Touch (4g 8Gb) from the family

Thanks for posting!

One problem seems to be people think whatever is in a EULA is somehow valid. Just because something is in a EULA does not mean it has any legality. One really needs to talk to a knowlegable lawyer, it seems like for everything now a days.

Certainly people have the right to sell used software, at least in many places of the world.

But this certainly should open peoples eyes and make them plan their purchases, maybe from the web--not the store.

Apple could certainly allow people to transfer their applications they have purchased to others. They could even provide a web site so people could do it themselves. Perhaps in the future they will be required by law to to this.

See below:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57465746-92/eu-court-sale-of-used-software-lice nses-is-just-fine/

The European Union's Court of Justice has reportedly crushed Oracle's hope of stopping a company from reselling its used software.

The Luxembourg-based court today ruled in favor of German company UsedSoft, which sells used software licenses. The court said that once a software company sells "a copy of a computer program," its "exclusive right of distribution" is eliminated, paving the way for other companies to sell the used licenses, according to The Wall Street Journal, which obtained a copy of the ruling. The rule applies to both physical media and copies of the software downloaded over the Web, according to the court.

Oracle took issue with UsedSoft for selling to customers used software or license keys for programs. UsedSoft appears to focus much of its efforts on enterprise software and is currently selling everything from Office 2010 Professional Plus to SharePoint Portal Server.

This forum is of no help to you.  Get a lawyer.

Well that's nice.  But we're not Apple, we didn't make the rules and you can post all the legalese you want, but it won't change anything.  Now, if you want to hire an attorney and take on Apple, good luck.