

Reform will make it legal to copy CDs to your iPod






Source: Gigaom

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trying to protect falling CD sales
By Ananke on 12/21/2012 2:12:21 PM , Rating: 2
Wow, it took them quiet some time. Because, it seems nobody in its right mind will buy music other than from iTunes mp3. Soon, nobody will buy movies other than iTunes, or simply rent it from Netflix...At least I gave up collecting media a year ago. Guess what, it is cheaper this way, when you stop buying and only pay for exactly what you want when exactly you need it.

This copyright laws shoot the music industry in the feet, finally. Now, legislature is trying to reverse the market trend, how pathetic :)

By Labotomizer on 12/21/2012 4:45:01 PM , Rating: 2
Sad that this is the attitude today. I have an XBox Music Pass for $10/month that covers my general music listening. But additionally I buy CDs from artists I like. Part of the joy of a CD is the entire album. Sure, some songs are stronger than others, but I buy them because it's often the album as a whole that's great. I wouldn't want to have only individual songs in my collection.

RE: trying to protect falling CD sales
By kyuuketsuki on 12/21/2012 5:15:47 PM , Rating: 2
Uh, the copying CDs to your iPhone was just an example. Calling this a ploy to increase CD sales is just plain not paying attention.

Also, I don't see how paying monthly fees to stream music is somehow worse for the record companies. You never have rights to anything that way, can't resell it, and can't access it if you ever stop giving them money. Seems like a win for them, not for consumers.

RE: trying to protect falling CD sales
By Mike Acker on 12/23/2012 9:10:51 AM , Rating: 2
for digital music we are seeing a New Model develop . that would be the "Cloud" . In this model you keep "your" music in the "Cloud" and play it from the cloud on any device that you have registered for that purpose . You never have physical possession of your music: only a license to play those titles that are on your access list .

I noticed this starting when i bought an MP3 (shudder) from Amazon; also when I bought a book on a kindle type read agreement .

there are a lot of implications to this: "Big Brother" -- ahhhh make that "Big Data" -- wants to manage your library for you .

By Mike Acker on 12/23/2012 9:15:46 AM , Rating: 2
put 2+2 together here...... to enforce the "Cloud Model" "Big Data" will need tamper prof play devices . that is not possible when customers take physical possession of their device .

but think: UEFI hold the possibility of detecting whether a device has been tampered with ...

another 2 edge sword


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