At 05:58 AM -0700 05/25/2005, Dennis B. Swaney wrote:
At 1:28 AM -0400 5/25/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No, I'm not. You can never *own* copyrighted works. You are
*licensed* to hold a certain number of copies under certain
conditions, that's all.
Dan, Dan, Dan, you are very missinformed. I have OWNED (and still
own) thousands of copyrighted works in my lifetime and millions of
people have also owned copyrighted works for hundreds of years.
No, no no, nonono. You are *licensed* to hold (use the word "own"
here if you must) a COPY of a copyrighted work. You do _NOT_ *OWN*
someone else's copyrighted work, ever!
But note that the licensing terms are variable. Apple can change
them at any time, and already has (twice?). Unlike a commercially
purchased CD (unexpiring unchanging license), if Apple changes the
terms to say your downloaded tracks die next month, voila - thou
becomest a pirate. scam scam scam.
Yes, Apple can change the terms but the terms could only apply to
purchases AFTER the change. To say otherwise
Apple changed the terms of the DRM, and changed iTunes. If you're
running the new version of iTunes then you have agreed to the changes
and are adhering to the new terms of the license --- applied even to
the tracks you bought *previously*.
Are we having fun yet? :)
- Dan.
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