The reason this is interesting is that finally someone twigged to the contradiction between the word "buying" and not being able to dispose of the property acqu

The reason this is interesting is that finally someone twigged to the contradiction between the word "buying" and not being able to dispose of the property acquired. This applies to iTunes, Amazon and the other app-stores around. No re-sale, no transmission of any kind beyond first buyer is contemplated. It's in fact a lifetime lease, with the "landlord" retaining some interesting rights, such as popping in and removing items. We discussed that here a couple of years ago when Amazon exercised that right to remove allegedly illegal copies of Nineteen Eighty Four it had sold. The current situation may be temporarily good for profits, but the value for digital items may well depend on their having a secondary market like physical goods have. The sales of new houses or cars would suffer greatly if they were not resalable.