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I’m what sense is that, exactly? I can sell my discs, play them however often and in whatever device I want. I can also rip as many times as I want onto as many
by Godel_unicode 4y ago
I’m what sense is that, exactly? I can sell my discs, play them however often and in whatever device I want. I can also rip as many times as I want onto as many computers as I want.
- ubercow13 4y agoIn the sense that you own the physical CD but only have a license to use the music on it. Ripping a CD is not legal in many countries including UK and probably the US [1], so do you 'own' the music any more than someone who has pirated it? I guess, in some sense. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripping#Legality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripping#Legality
- pdntspa 4y agoThe license is meaningless if you hold the physical bits and choose to ignore everything else
- bobleeswagger 4y agoLicenses are meaningless, period.
- harry8 4y ago{L,}GPLv{2,3} has corporate lawyers consistently shitting themselves. I derive meaning from this.
- pdntspa 4y agoThey play that game because they have to. Your average Joe is not going to be sued for ignoring a license. A law is only as good as its enforcement.
- Godel_unicode 4y agoThen I hate to break it to you but that’s totally not true. It might have PMs or engineers shitting themselves, but the lawyers don’t really care. It’s just not a big deal.
- swexbe 4y agoOwnership is a social construct. The leviathan can come and take away your bits at any time.