Indeed. For those of you, stop saying he is kind of stupid. If he won, you all would be all happy and get all benefits.
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Bruce Willis Considering Lawsuit Against Apple Over iTunes Store Music Transferability [Updated]
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Indeed. For those of you, stop saying he is kind of stupid. If he won, you all would be all happy and get all benefits.
There are legitimate reasons for the other side. Before the AppleTV 2.0 release (from big flat silver thing to small black hockey puck), I was looking at the alternatives, and was tempted to switch to another box but was so tied to AppleTV it wasn't practical. I still am really hoping for that someday of AppleTV app store, so that Ustream and Twitch and even Amazon Instant Video can play on it. The lock-in of the content was an issue.
So I'll never say that someone is wrong for preferring physical over digital.
how did this story even get to point of reaching Bruce's wife?
The source was the sun and the daily mail. Both are british tabloids. Is it the holiday lull and impending iphone event that there's nothing to report.
What's next posting Weekly World News stories on sightings of Steve Jobs hanging out with Elvis and Michael Jackson?
The source was the sun and the daily mail. Both are british tabloids. Is it the holiday lull and impending iphone event that there's nothing to report.
What's next posting Weekly World News stories on sightings of Steve Jobs hanging out with Elvis and Michael Jackson?
I think this needs to be repeated.
Hope this turns out not to be a joke. We should be able to buy albums in Apple Lossless that we can pass on to one party without creating a copy for $12.
Of course it's not true. C'mon, your really think Bruce Freakin' Willis has noing better to do?
Apple should gave stayed out of the music selling business. They promised the other Apple they would. Too icky. Willis should win, we all should but those RIAA mofo's would only allow Apple to sell under these contingencies. It should be a joint suit. I stopped buying from iTunes when the tracks were still 128kb and after I read the license. Spotify and $3 Amazon CD rips at lossless much better and cheaper and will hold up in any court. If you can't tell the difference of lossless or AIFF vs. 256kbps then your ears are crap or you have terrible playback equipment.
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That's assuming that Spotify and Amazon MP3 and the other services would have happened if Apple hadn't pushed and pulled the music publishers into it. Remember, at that time, they were still trying to figure out how to put DRM on CDs, make them unrippable, etc. Apple was in the position to say "Let us show you people will buy music digitally instead of pirating", with their control of the biggest digital music player. We only got DRM free digital music because the music publishers wanted to put the screws to Apple.
You don't become an Apple Fundamentalist.
You are one via iToy osmosis.
The Apple Fundamentalists make the Scientologists look sane.
The foaming at the mouth moonbats would lynch Willis in a second
for his blasphemy in the name of their unholy and insane iGizmo jihad.
And why would you do that?
320 comments on a story that's been denied.
Bruce Willis is of no importance. The question is: What rights to you have when you buy music in an online store? If you consider that the iTunes store has many millions of customers, Amazon has a few people downloadig music as well, and your average life time is about 30,000 days, there will be many hundred owners of music purchased online dying every single day. So what happens to their online assets?
Story true or not, I think it has a lot of validity.
It should be the case that once you buy the music / media, it's yours.
The point is - back in the old days:
- If I bought a new or different brand turntable, I could still play my records.
- If I bought a new or different brand tape deck, I could still play my tapes.
- If I bought a new or different brand VCR, I could still watch my videos.
- If I died, I could pass all those assets to my next of kin.
It seems you can't do that now. If you move to another eco-system or die, you lose it all, or your next of kin loses it all.
I think it's a rip-off. Total rip-off. It would be great if someone with a lot of resources could fight this one.
It should be the case that once you buy the music / media, it's yours.
The point is - back in the old days:
- If I bought a new or different brand turntable, I could still play my records.
- If I bought a new or different brand tape deck, I could still play my tapes.
- If I bought a new or different brand VCR, I could still watch my videos.
- If I died, I could pass all those assets to my next of kin.
It seems you can't do that now. If you move to another eco-system or die, you lose it all, or your next of kin loses it all.
I think it's a rip-off. Total rip-off. It would be great if someone with a lot of resources could fight this one.
This is one of the reasons why I still want my optical disc drive in the new iMac and not be completely forced into digital media.
Yes, I can have an external drive, but who really wants that attachment next to their sleek and sexy Apple product.
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I wasn't aware you could burn iTunes music on CD's :/
Yes, I can have an external drive, but who really wants that attachment next to their sleek and sexy Apple product.
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I wasn't aware you could burn iTunes music on CD's :/
The story is false.
Emma Heming-Willis (Bruce's wife) already reported it as false on her twitter account.
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Yes you can burn them as CD format or just copy them as data. The files are DRM free so you can use any burning app without problems, or iTunes itself. Also since they are DRM free there is no need to give out password or user name as someone suggested.
Emma Heming-Willis (Bruce's wife) already reported it as false on her twitter account.
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Yes you can burn them as CD format or just copy them as data. The files are DRM free so you can use any burning app without problems, or iTunes itself. Also since they are DRM free there is no need to give out password or user name as someone suggested.
You can gift a song, movie or app using iTunes
Me either, but I love the people who think they are better because they still buy physical media and think digital downloads are "not cool enough"
People who make comment like this totally miss the point.
Once you buy something - the artist / company got their money.
Therefore it follows that it should be YOURS forever to do with it as you please so long as copies of the media have not been made.
I can't see how this could not be legal.
When you buy a car, and you're done with it, you can sell it, give it to your kin, etc. Yes?
The same should apply for music, video and apps.
It's a very basic principle.
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Is it possible to manage a second account on the same computer without it being a massive ball ache?
So, an update from Mrs Willis says this isn't true. I can't believe it. The Scum and Daily Fail printed something that wasn't true? Surely not?
I read on brucewillisrumors.com that the next Die Hard movie will be called Die Hard 5 even though it's the 6th movie in the series because it's exactly the same as the last one, just longer.
So take Spotify away from the equation. RIAA was rupturing money according to their figures. Something would have happened to curb piracy and it wasn't suing EVERYONE. Of course, I can't be certain as it would be alternate reality. Apple is not the hero though. They did it to their own ends and could have been a little more hard lined. I didn't want my user rights stepped on so people could get the latest Britney Spearish sheep music. Other publishers were not as rigid as the majors who sell based solely on marketing. They should be scarred as what they sell can't stand on it's own. Would have liked to see them crap their pants as everything went minor and major just went away thanks to a lack of distribution. But they own the soundtracks everyone wants so they can live in their reality free movie existence. Do we really need another way to buy The Beatles? Does iTunes even sell The Beatles in mono?
My answer to that is "isn't all this already factored into the prices?" if you want downloaded music that can be transferred indefinitely amongst people, then the price will probably increase to account for the fact that multiple people can enjoy the same music just by paying once.