second-hand MP3s
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- aliendn0
one thing though...whenever u buy music legallly, aren't isn't there a clause that only the purchaser can own the music or whatever and is not allowed to redistribute it, even for free?
- aliendn0
one thing is that music will never be unhackable unless you hack my ear drums. as long as a person can output music to their speakers, that music can easily be relayed. the key is go generate a good following of fans, tour, and have kick ass liner notes 8P
- shotoshi0
Aliend, if that's the case and that clause is applied then eBay, and all who sell music on it, will get their asses sued!
- aliendn0
true...i guess you're looking towards a means of selling where legalities aren't followed as tight..but that stuff would quickly be chased down when it involved intellecutual properties on a grand scale
- rabattski0
aliendn: well even for free that would be a blast now would it? it's the same rights you have as buying an album in a store. uhm, well that would make sense. not 100% sure. that whole DRM is quite disturbing and non-transparant anyways.
- rabattski0
well you can legally sell your software as well.
- aliendn0
well a lot of these laws are changing everyday (ie canada not being as harsh as the states in terms of digital music) so u never know
- shutdown0
it's not the selling of the mp3 which is the problem.
it's the royalties and ownsership which cause the problem.You could sell your mp3, provided you destroy the file from your property, the record companies get their royalties and it's only licensed users.
If a user could get money back for an mp3 they'd use it as much as ebay
- rabattski0
hold on, if i sell my cd's i don't have to pay royalties to the record companies. if i sell software i don't have to pay the developer for that as well. with that sell i would be transfering my ownership as well. so why would i have to pay royalties if i would be selling my mp3s? are the end-user rights for having mp3s different than any other form of media?
- ********0
JazX, I'm not so sure I would get sued. But, just think of the publicity if I did!
I have thought of a way this can be legal.
shotoshi
(Dec 7 04, 08:21)you're nutzo, you would get plenty sued from about 100 groups, not rock groups.
- ********0
shutdown is right on each point. good sense.
- rabattski0
that's what i said anyways. except for the royalties because that doesn't make sense.
- shutdown0
although we don't give royalties when we sell our cd's if you offer to give royalties for you mp3's you'll get better support from record labels rather than have them trying to sue your ass
- aliendn0
screw all of you, im start recording wavs of mother nature...if you want to heard birds chirp again, u can purchase chirp_blue_jay.wav off of me or live life in silence.
- shotoshi0
Jazx, there's no need to be rude.
I'm not sure that it's legal to sell stuff that prohits the end user in offloading it. We can sell our records, cds, books...
Anyway, the ball has started to roll... check this out...
- rabattski0
i don't think the record industry will be that willing. they're kind of afraid of anything that might endanger their profits.
- ********0
actually you're right, and I wasn't trying to be rude, so sorry. I never have even called someone a name in this place, when it goes on quite often. Anyway good luck with it, if you can shape it the right way. I was warning you more than anything.
Used goods is one thing; Soft stuff another.
:)
- shotoshi0
Jazx, no problem, I know you're cool!
I'm pretty sure there's a model here and it's early days in the digital music landscape.
- ********0
yeah, it's an interesting concept, nonetheless.
- shutdown0
what happens if you take an mp3 off itunes and try to play it on a different machine?