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Playing CDs a Privilege Not A Right

Posted by Zonk on from the play-them-like-we-tell-you dept.

Brett writes "Tommi Kyyrä, of IFPI Finland has said that being able to play music on a Linux or Apple computer is a privilege not a right, and that those that can't because of DRM'd CDs should just go out and buy a CD player. Is switching the debate to rights and privileges really where they want to go when we're talking about something we pay for?" From the article: "If the public and 'their' politicians believe that the entertainment industry is on the verge of collapse, they'll be much more likely to accept restrictions on use of content that they've paid for. For this reason, most industry talking heads keep their comments in check when talking about DRM schemes, but from time to time we've seen people truly speak their mind."

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  1. Re:cultural political status? by TripMaster+Monkey · · Score: 0, Troll


    That's probably why Tommi's comments were subsequently yanked from the Tietokone story...because Tommi's bald, tactless summary of the industry's plan to strip us of our rights clashed with the illusio^H^H^H^H^H^Hmage the IFPI is trying to portray.

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  2. Re:You gotta fight for your right by gowen · · Score: 0, Troll
    Tommi, don't you dare try to tell me that playing content I've purchased is a 'privilege'. I paid for that content, and I have the right to enjoy it.
    My newly purchased compact disc won't play on my record player. Now, I've a right to enjoy that music, and yet most right-thinking people would tell me that that right is dependent on my actually buying a CD-player, and not something that's similar-but-different.

    Do you recommend that I buy a CD player?
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  3. This seems fair and OK to me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll
    Why shouldn't the content owners be allowed to put whatevere restrictions they want on their product. I like putting restrictions (GPL) on stuff I put out; and would be pretty pissed if some windows hacker took my GPL'd stuff and used it in violation of that license.

    If the RIAA's licensing rules get as crazy as Microsoft's (who charge hundreds of dollars for commodity technologies from the 60s (operating systems and databases)), that would be the best thing that could ever happen to alternative music licensed under creative commons licenses.