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iPod May Become Next Fair-Use Battleground

Posted by Zonk on from the my-pod-my-rules dept.

jaredmauch writes "USA Today is reporting on a trend of selling iPods on eBay which are preloaded with music and movies. This raises interesting questions about the legality of the files, including those that offer seemingly legitimate services of transcoding DVDs for the iPod video (while selling you the DVD disc as well)." An example from the article: "A 60-gigabyte video iPod loaded with 11,800 songs, with a starting bid of $799. The iPod alone would cost about $400. 'I don't see how it's different than selling a used CD,' seller Steve Brinn, a Cincinnati pediatrician, wrote in an e-mail to USA TODAY. 'If the music industry asked me not to do it, I just wouldn't do it.'"

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  1. Re:Bullshit, Bullshit, and more Bullshit by seabreezemm · · Score: -1, Troll

    And thank you rep of the MPAA for your bullshit comments... Now back to reality.

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  2. Sold mine.. by ivekford · · Score: -1, Troll

    I sold my old ipod mini to a friend for $50. It had about 900 songs on it, but after the person recieved the ipod, they promptly removed the music to upload their own.

    All in all, I see no reason that whether the music comes with a ipod or not is a issue. Most people will just download the music for free, so the music should not raise the price at all.

  3. sp0ngE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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