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I've used boldface type to highlight the most interesting parts. If you're like 99.9% of the world, you've clicked right past those agreements to get to the download.
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You can't even legally give it away.ĭon't believe me? Read the license agreement that you agree to every time you purchase digital music. If you decide after a few listens that you hate the album, well, tough. If you buy a digital album from an online service such as the iTunes store, Amazon MP3, or eMusic, you have no legal right to lend that album to a friend, as you could if you had purchased a CD.
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Digital music downloads (just like movies and TV shows and books) come with a completely different, much more limited set of rights. In simpler terms, "you bought it, you own it" (and because first sale also applies to gifts, "they gave it to you, you own it" is also true).īut the first-sale doctrine only applies to tangible goods, such as CDs. Nce you've acquired a lawfully-made CD or book or DVD, you can lend, sell, or give it away without having to get permission from the copyright owner. Fred von Lohmann of the Electronic Frontier Foundation explains those rights: Why does it matter? If you buy a CD in the United States, Section 109 of the Copyright Act gives you very specific rights under the first-sale doctrine. Instead, you're buying a license to play that track or album, and that license comes with an extremely limited set of rights. If you buy a digital music track or album from the iTunes store or one of its competitors, you don't own it. Someone better tell the folks who run the iTunes Store and its competitors.
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Steve Jobs once said, "People want to own their music."