iPod Freedom

At least two people I know have been visibly frustrated by the limitations of the iTunes software that comes with the iPod. One of the major limitations is that there's no simple way to copy music from a friend's iPod to your own (Or from one computer to another) using the iPod.

The WinAmp plugin talked about in this Wired Article should fix that issue. Along with probably some other issues you might have encountered (but the copying files thing is the main one).

The iPod is a portable firewire/USB2-enabled hard drive. And it should be easy to use it as such, to carry around your songs and to move songs from one computer to another. But, because of the filesharing paranoia, the iTunes software doesn't allow this.

It should be noted that this plugin doesn't remove the DRM (copy-protection) from the files. But it will work with music you ripped from CDs or your MP3 collection.

Here's a direct link to the plugin Here. You will need WinAmp as well, but WinAmp (and the plugin) is free.