dantheclamman to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoVinyl records outsell CDs for the second year runningwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square453fedilinkarrow-up1710arrow-down113
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minus-square@acockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish27•1 year agoYou don’t own the music you license through iTunes though.
minus-square@ccunning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish11•1 year agoOnly since 2007… EMI was the first domino to fall after Job’s famous Thoughts on Music open letter. The other labels followed suit shortly after.
minus-square@wjrii@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish15•1 year agoThat open letter will be old enough to vote in less than ten months.
minus-squareVindictiveJudgelinkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoNo, I’m certain 2007 was just six or seven years ago, right? Right?
minus-squarekirklennonlinkfedilink1•1 year agoYou don’t own the music you buy on a CD either. You are buying a license to the music and physical storage of it. If you want you can burn your iTunes songs on a CD and you’re in the same situation.
minus-square@acockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish22•1 year agoYou own a copy of a copyrighted material. The copy is yours. No DRM, no remotely removing your ability to use it.
minus-squarekirklennonlinkfedilink12•1 year agoYou own your own hard drive. That copy of an iTunes song is yours. No DRM, no remotely removing your ability to use it.
minus-squareprolelinkfedilinkEnglish0•1 year ago No DRM, no remotely removing your ability to use it. Yet.
You don’t own the music you license through iTunes though.
Pretty sure it’s DRM-free.
Only since 2007…
EMI was the first domino to fall after Job’s famous Thoughts on Music open letter.
The other labels followed suit shortly after.
That open letter will be old enough to vote in less than ten months.
No, I’m certain 2007 was just six or seven years ago, right? Right?
You don’t own the music you buy on a CD either. You are buying a license to the music and physical storage of it. If you want you can burn your iTunes songs on a CD and you’re in the same situation.
You own a copy of a copyrighted material. The copy is yours. No DRM, no remotely removing your ability to use it.
You own your own hard drive. That copy of an iTunes song is yours. No DRM, no remotely removing your ability to use it.
Yet.
How is that different from iTunes?