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Apple Patent Describes iTunes Reselling and Loaning System

Posted by timothy on from the on-the-internet dept.

An anonymous reader writes "An Apple patent granted on 7 March details a system allowing customers to resell iTunes and iBooks content to other users at a reduced price, or to loan the content temporarily for free. Such a system could pave the way for second hand content being made available on iTunes for a discounted price." (Note: Beware the auto-playing video ad, with sound.)

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  1. Re:finally, some good sense by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They're the ones implementing DRM, they're the ones CREATING the artificial barriers. This patent wouldn't even have use if they didn't try to make things that are not normally scarce into things that are scarce.