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RIAA Says "Don't Expect DRMed Music To Work Forever"
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."
iTunes music no longer has DRM, and several other music services also no longer have DRM, so I think this isn't as big an issue as the Slashdot readership will no doubt make it in the comments that follow. This is another story intended let everyone blame the RIAA for their piracy, I guess, as if that's a valid reason.
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I never reread novels and I tire of video games after a few months. How am I an idiot for buying DRM'd content for Steam and for my Kindle? If I wouldn't benefit from a perpetual license, why would I want to pay the premium for such a license?
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Do you record and sell your own music? No? Then... SHUT THE HELL UP!
Exactly, I went to the concert and heard the music so I should have full rights to download it for free now. I did pay for it in the concert tickets.
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