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Testing The Right To Resell Downloaded Music
David Gerard writes "A man has bought a song from Apple iTunes and has put it up for sale on eBay. "I only spent $0.99 on it but I bought the song just as legally as I would a CD, so I should be able to sell it used just as legally, right?" Does the Right of First Sale still exist?" The seller says he's seeking attention, but not to himself. Rather, he calls this "an experiment in property rights in the digital age," and promises not to keep a copy once the sale is done.
I sold that song yesterday for $0.25. If I'd only known that I could post it to slashdot.
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The highest bidders name at this time is a guy called Unicks - judging from his name, I wonder how much trouble he's goiong to have to go through in order to play it :)
Jeez, what a terrible choice for testing legal rights. Why couldn't he have picked something like "Money", "Fight For Your Right (To Party)" or "Equal Rights" by Peter Tosh.
Or maybe he's should pay the buyer to take the crappy song from his crappy collection of movie soundtracks.
"Software Update has found the following updates:
iTunes 4.0.2
Closes loophole in iTMS EULA which implies transferability of purchased music to a third party. It is recommended that all users of iTunes install this update."
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Just because it's in a contract doesn't mean it's legal. Much less enforcable, moral, or in a sane alignment to the natural doctrines of the free market and capitalism. It just means another lawyer is off the bread line.
Novel theory: Modern Man evolved from psychopath
Suppose all credit cards came with an indentured servitude clause?
You mean yours don't ? Damn I'll have to get some new ones.
It's up to a whopping $300 now!
I wish I had thought of this...
I hope the winning bidder is a lawyer!
"Freedom means freedom for everybody" -- Dick Cheney
With all this bidding you're going to convince the RIAA that their music might actually be worth the ridiculous numbers they use in their court cases. Then when cost goes up, everyone who hasn't purchased the new CDs can be sued, because the decreased sales must mean that everyone is pirating! Whee, slippery slopes are fun! :)
Suck on this, Hetfield.
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Yes true and all, except this guy has deliberately made himself *VERY* *VERY* high profile.
For him to pirate now is like slamming on your brakes screeching to a stop next to a cop car, flipping him the bird and then peeling out down the street in a Hazard Yellow Ferrari. You ain't going to blend into the background...
--Rob
Potential scam!! The seller only has 1 feedback and it's over 6 months old. It's only a A++++++++. I'd be careful of anyone who recieved less then 15 +'s in a single feedback comment. Buyer beware.
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Having seen Palm Pilots that went for $199 in stores go for $289 on e-Bay, it'll be interesting to see how high the price for a $0.99 song goes.
Let's just say that the profit margin seems to be a little bit higher on resold digital music.
Wait till all the venture capitalists find out!
According to the RIAA, the song is at least worst $150,000.