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What's special about CDs or books in this sense compared to any other product? When I buy most other products I am not purchasing just a unilaterally withdrawab
by ubercow13 6y ago
What's special about CDs or books in this sense compared to any other product? When I buy most other products I am not purchasing just a unilaterally withdrawable lease to use them in a manner controllable by the manufacturer.
If I purchase a Gucci handbag, I can do whatever I want with it even though it contains Gucci's trademark IP. It would be surreal for Gucci to be allowed to control what I wear it with, for example, or later take it off me. Nonetheless, owning the handbag does not give me ownership of their IP and it wouldn't make it legal for me to sell counterfeit copies of it.