Yet more DRM. Thanks but no thanks, Apple. I will continue to buy nothing from the iStore.
I don't think Apple wants the DRM, the publishers do. Not everything in the iBookstore is DRMed. I got a book recently that wasn't.
Yet more DRM. Thanks but no thanks, Apple. I will continue to buy nothing from the iStore.
FSD was created when things where physical. It was deemed not a violation of copyright because no copy was being made.
Subject to sections 107 through 122, the owner of copyright under this title has the exclusive rights to do and to authorize any of the following:
(1) to reproduce the copyrighted work in copies or phonorecords;
(2) to prepare derivative works based upon the copyrighted work;
(3) to distribute copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending; ...
But that's not a sale that's a gift. I'm gifting you my Stinky Sally card and you are gifting me your Tommy the Turd card.
It sounds like this system allows for gifting which would not have any fees as no money is involved
Off topic for the thread and Apple doesn't read this stuff. Go tell them your complaints directly. The feedback page isn't that hard to find if you bother to look
I don't think Apple wants the DRM, the publishers do.
There was never any contention by copyright holders that libraries were illegally copying their works.
Apple wants whatever will make money for Wall Street.
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Yet more DRM. Thanks but no thanks, Apple. I will continue to buy nothing from the iStore.
Why should I split any revenue with Apple or the publisher when I sell my old books?
Do you have to give Chevrolet a cut when you sell your old car? If suddenly you had to sell your used car through Chevrolet's used car lot, and you had to split your money with them, would you be happy?
If not, then why does such an scheme with digital content make you happy?
Way to go! Finding something negative!
Negative perhaps - but realistic.
Yet more DRM. Thanks but no thanks, Apple. I will continue to buy nothing from the iStore.
If you wanted to trade bubble gum cards with your friend, would you be OK paying a fee to Topps?
So...you won't buy from iTunes when there's no DRM (like now), and if they add DRM for trading you won't buy from iTunes. Thanks for the update!.
I'm curious, when you sell your books and cars, are you capable of making a 100% identical 'backup copy' first at no cost? That would make this a more interesting analogy.
If that were really true we'd have 100 different iPhone models made in all different combos of size, shape and materials, same with all other lines. Apple would be announcing their plans a year ahead of the release.
And would most definitely not be working on an aftermarket process since it brings in more money to force folks to buy at full cost.,
If the authors and publishers had their way, public libraries would be just as illegal as any other sort of distribution that they cannot make a profit from.
Look at the history of the First Sale Doctrine.
And you don't need additional DRM to lend your digital copies to your friend. Not yet, anyways. You are free to do so any time you wish, with no legal repercussions, no thanks to the authors and the publishers.
This new thing by apple will NOT increase your ability to do anything. It will only put additional screws into consumers.
If you wanted to trade bubble gum cards with your friend, would you be OK paying a fee to Topps?
If the authors and publishers had their way, public libraries would be just as illegal as any other sort of distribution that they cannot make a profit from.
Very simple.Dear Apple,
Rather than spending all day worrying about patents how about helping out existing customers of iDevices so they may just continue to buy the next generation? Two suggestions of things that have bugged the S@?* out of me lately: