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Have the licensing rules for CDs changed? If I look at the backside of a CD, there will be a lot of fine print? I tend to still buy CDs because I felt more comf
by Tichy 16y ago
Have the licensing rules for CDs changed? If I look at the backside of a CD, there will be a lot of fine print? I tend to still buy CDs because I felt more comfortable to do with the extracted MP3s as I please. Also, CDs are often cheaper (especially second hand from Amazon Marketplace).
- CaptainZapp 16y agoI would think that two things changed: - There's potentially a lot more boilerplate warning of dire consequences on media nowadays - The attitude of an industry that completely missed the boat and tries to squeeze out every last cent. While you may argue that: "Why not, it's their product" and this is certainly true the consequences on culture are bad to dire. Sampling and re-mixing comes to mind, or, for example trying to cash in on the ringtone of a phone in a movie, which makes it extremely hard to ensure that all rights are secured. Or in the case of a student or a hobbyist making a movie (and, for example, uploading it to Youtube) makes it outright impossible to actually produce something without falling foul of the law. I am not condoning theft of music ,movies or software, but the copyright laws have shifted into a direction, which are outright unhealthy for a society.