Re: OT - Amazon Sued over Kindle
- From: "NotMe" <me@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:52:04 -0500
"richard" <member@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:35:35 -0500, "NotMe" <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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: >
: >
: >"Hunter Hampton" <airstreamingypsy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
: >news:0oh675tj78qnmr0rm0ujsksk1tkl48vr4v@xxxxxxxxxx
: >: It had to happen...
: >:
: >:
:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090731/ap_en_ot/us_tec_amazon_kindle_lawsuit_2: >
: >"Buying DRMed content, then having that content stop working later, is
fair,
: >writes Steven Metalitz, the lawyer who represents the MPAA, RIAA in a
letter
: >to the top legal advisor at the Copyright Office. 'We reject the view
that
: >copyright owners and their licensees are required to provide consumers
with
: >perpetual access to creative works.' In other words, if it stops working,
: >too
: >bad. Not surprisingly, Metalitz also strongly opposes any exemption that
: >would
: >allow users to legally strip DRM from content if a store goes dark and
takes
: >down its authentication servers."
: >
: >RIAA Says "Don't Expect DRMed Music To Work Forever"
:
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/07/30/1736209/RIAA-Says-Dont-Expect-DRMed-Music-To-Work-Forever?from=rss: >
: >Big Content: ludicrous to expect DRMed music to work forever
:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/07/big-content-ridiculous-to-expect-drmed-music-to-work-forever.ars: >
: >
:
:
: When you buy a book, or a CD, or as in the past, a vinyl record, you
: expect that item to continue working for as long as you own it.
:
: This DRM crap was a conception of Microsoft and in my opinion,
: violates the very law it was designed to uphold.
:
: If you attempt to play music that is in the wma format, and you
: obtained that music legally, DRM kicks in and says you can't play
: until you get a license. Problem is, I've never been able to get a
: license online. The very site windows media player directs you to has
: not been in service.
:
: Even if you attempt to play it in other software, DRM still kicks in.
:
: As far as I am concerned, both the RIAA and MPAA are trying to control
: the copyright laws. Copyright law says that if you buy a copyrighted
: item, it is yours to do with as you please. Except to sell copies of.
: You can legally give away copies all you want. And that is what the
: RIAA is bitching about. They feel that to many people are giving away
: to much. So they invade your computer through your filesharing
: network, take a look at your prescious possessions and determine you
: did not obtain these copies legally. How do they know I didn't legally
: pay for them? They don't.
:
: They'd just as soon as waste the court's time to make a few bucks for
: and in behalf of the RIAA. Do you think the artist is gonna get a dime
: of that money? Oh you just won the lottery eh? Yeah right.
"You can legally give away copies all you want"
I'm afraid that's not the way it works. You have rights under 'first sale'
to make a copy for archival purposes unless the license states otherwise.
You do not have right to duplicate for the purposes of distribution, even a
one off for free.
I'm not an IPR lawyer or any lawyer for that matter but I've made my living
from my IPR for over 50 years.
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