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Apple should not be "selling" content for which they do not have a perpetual license to resell. Full stop.

• tantalor 8y ago
  It doesn't really matter if Apple loses the license to distribute it, since you as the purchaser (should) have an irrevocable perpetual license to streaming/download the content. The distributor, who made the content originally available to Apple, is a party to the agreement, and they are obligated to make the content available under the same streaming/download service terms. In other words, they have a liability to provide the streaming/download service forever. If they go bankrupt, then you could sue for recompense as a creditor. If they sell the rights to another company, then your streaming/download access goes along with it.
  • Spivak 8y ago
    Don't get me wrong, I would love to live in your universe but we're a long way away from distributing content like that. It would be nice if licensing any sort of copyrighted content came with a physical/digital transferable license that could be redeemed by the owner under with some reasonableness standard attached.
    • neuralRiot 8y ago
      How about a blockchain for DRM?