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I think DRM and streaming are the issues here, not digital vs physical. For example, I can buy DRM free music from the iTunes Store, download the files, and th
by al_borland 4mo ago
I think DRM and streaming are the issues here, not digital vs physical.
For example, I can buy DRM free music from the iTunes Store, download the files, and they’re mine. I can play them back on anything that supports the file type, convert the files, back them up, etc.
Meanwhile, if I check a book out from the library, I can hold it, it’s physical, but it’s not mine and I can’t do whatever I want to it.
- win311fwg 4mo ago> I can buy DRM free music from the iTunes Store, download the files, and they’re mine. If you hold the copyright they are yours, but most files downloaded from iTunes and similar services are unlikely to be yours. A license to use the content, even where there are few restrictions, is not ownership.
- al_borland 4mo agoIf holding the copyright is the bar, then physical media doesn’t give that either. Buying a physical book doesn’t transfer the copyright to me. I can start producing more copies and selling them, at least not legally.
- win311fwg 4mo ago> Buying a physical book doesn’t transfer the copyright to me. Correct. Who was under the impression that it does? > I can[not] start producing more copies and selling them, at least not legally. Unless you own it. Someone out there will be the owner. Sometimes that might be you; but typically not.