[wplug] OT: locked online music!?

[Douglas Green]

>
> I make a big deal out of this because, as you should know, open source
> licenses are all based on copyright law. I want to honor that legal
> backbone as well as I possibly can.


While I generally agree with the above, the right to "own" and market  
intellectual property (copyright law, for example) is balanced by  
what is considered fair and reasonable use by the consumer. I believe  
(strongly) that this issue is an example in which they want their  
copyrights to infringe upon my rights as a consumer. More to the  
point, I would never knowingly buy a CD that played on only one  
stereo. Currently, my computer is happily converting all those locked  
AAC files to unlocked, scrubbed mp3s for my personal use (via JHymn).  
This is not a lossless conversion BTW, so I'm STILL not getting  
exactly what I paid for! Can you imagine this kind of business model  
in any other industry- like a car that only works on SOME streets (up  
to 5 to be exact)?? Of course not, because nobody would tolerate it.   
IMHO, they've gone too far and need to get their wings clipped

-D

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