The backing up issue is something for us to think about, certainly..

The "getting tracks off your player at a friends place" issue is exactly why you can't currently retrieve tracks from the player. We would very much like not to become synonymous with music piracy.

The legal issues are becoming more clearly defined as the technology matures and it seems likely we'll be able to relax this restriction in the future.

Of course I'm not suggesting that this applies to you, I'm sure the tracks were free music.

Rob