Q: i was on my friends account.. downloaded a song logged off and went on my account and it was fine- yesterday i got a 90 day warning and all my devices removed from her account... is there any advice for me?

julieanne_ wrote:

 

 

i was on my friends account.. downloaded a song logged off and went on my account and it was fine- yesterday i got a 90 day warning and all my devices removed from her account... is there any advice for me?

Yes, here is the advice:  In the future, if you need to download a song, get it from Amazon Digital Music.  That way there is no chance of triggering any Apple ID restrictions or ruining any friendships.

iTunes Store: Associating a device or computer to your Apple ID - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4627 -  In connection with, "When you turn on iTunes Match or Automatic Downloads, or when you download past purchases on an iOS device or computer, that device or computer becomes associated with your Apple ID." "Your Apple ID can have up to 10 devices and computers (combined) associated with it. Each computer must also be authorized using the same Apple ID. Once a device or computer is associated with your Apple ID, you cannot associate that device or computer with another Apple ID for 90 days."

You're okay as long as you are not trying to download something you have already downloaded.  If you are doing that then you have to wait 90 days.  I suspect it is because the music distributors do not want "let's log into each others accounts and download our music to each others computers" parties.