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RIAA Says "Don't Expect DRMed Music To Work Forever"

Posted by timothy on from the just-ask-what-and-whether-you're-buying-or-renting dept.

Oracle Goddess writes "Buying DRMed content, then having that content stop working later, is fair, writes Steven Metalitz, the lawyer who represents the MPAA, RIAA in a letter to the top legal advisor at the Copyright Office. 'We reject the view that copyright owners and their licensees are required to provide consumers with perpetual access to creative works.' In other words, if it stops working, too bad. Not surprisingly, Metalitz also strongly opposes any exemption that would allow users to legally strip DRM from content if a store goes dark and takes down its authentication servers."

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  1. Re:Brings "out of touch" to a whole new level... by johannesg · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I mean... really? I don't even have a lame/wildly inaccurate car analogy to throw at this one, I'm just in awe of how dumb this is.

    "If you put petrol in your car, do you expect it to last forever? So why would you expect the music in your Zune to last forever? Just as you need to fill up your car to keep it running, so do you need to fill up your mp3-player to keep listening to music."

  2. If that's what was agreed ... by CyberLife · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I see nothing wrong with the RIAA's stance here ... assuming of course one was aware of this at the time of sale. If not, if there was some expectation of perpetual access to the work, then there's a problem.