<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/6274fcb9-6010-4029-afe9-3c4907f0c29e/DE00F6D6-AA8E-4F14-A9E2-9B21E6B80522/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://howto.wired.com/wiredhowtos/index.cgi?page_name=get_your_music_off_of_your_ipod;action=display;category=Play" href="http://howto.wired.com/wiredhowtos/index.cgi?page_name=get_your_music_off_of_your_ipod;action=display;category=Play" style="font-size: 11px;">howto.wired.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://howto.wired.com/wiredhowtos/index.cgi?page_name=get_your_music_off_of_your_ipod;action=display;category=Play">getting your music off an iPod? 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