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Bruce Willis Considering Lawsuit Against Apple Over iTunes Store Music Transferability [Updated]
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Die Hard (of hearing)... 
Just as Paul Ryan's playlist begins with AC/DC and ends with Zeppelin, and that Mitt's "type" of music may be found in elevators. Why can't the same case be said here? I mean, who here would want their parent's collection of music?
Has anyone cared to ask the girls? Wonder if even Bruce did?
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Just as Paul Ryan's playlist begins with AC/DC and ends with Zeppelin, and that Mitt's "type" of music may be found in elevators. Why can't the same case be said here? I mean, who here would want their parent's collection of music?
Has anyone cared to ask the girls? Wonder if even Bruce did?
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He's rich so his daughters should have to re-buy all the music again huh?
How many countless threads have I seen on here about how people sharing iTunes accounts for music/apps - quite a few. Maybe they should also buy all their music and movies again for every person in the house.
Love the double standards.
So last week I bought a twenty song playlist from iTunes, and it was added to my new MBP and iPhone. All good until I tried to burn it to a disc so I could play it in my truck. Oops, the error message says that can't be done. WTF? So I can't even use my own purchased music???
You didn't purchase music, you just purchased DIGITAL rights to the music. Burning it to a disc would make that PHYSICAL, thus the error message. You own nothing, well, but a bunch of 0's and 1's.
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You're right. He should get a job, instead of protecting your rights to own music.
TBH I don't understand the jokes and negative comments like "he's a tool" or "he has more than enough money" (why would someone with less money be taken more serious?. I think he has a good point. While I agree that you cannot compared physical copies to digital copies, I think that the whole rights system is in need of a major overhaul when it's about the transfer of rights, reselling music, apps, software in general etc., why shouldn't you be able to transfer or sell an app to someone else once you have no need for it anymore?
Die Hard (of hearing)...
Just as Paul Ryan's playlist begins with AC/DC and ends with Zeppelin, and that Mitt's "type" of music may be found in elevators. Why can't the same case be said here? I mean, who here would want their parent's collection of music?
Has anyone cared to ask the girls? Wonder if even Bruce did?
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This is irrelevant to the situation at hand. It doesn't matter what type of music it is.
Man there sure are some sheep here.
Some aren't looking at the bigger picture. It's not specifically about Willis but the public in general as well. If you accumulate a large physical collection over a period of time, you can pass it down. If you own a digital library on iTunes, you can't. Why not? You paid for it, didn't you? Why buy it via iTunes then when you can still rip your CDs? Sure he can make a physical backup but legally, he can't give it away.
It has nothing to do with how much money he has but the principle. People want to bitch and complain about much money famous people piss away but then say that he has the money to rebuy it so who cares?
As far as the people saying his kids won't want to listen to his music... How do you know? I listen to a lot of my parents old music and prefer it personally. I find it to be better than a lot of music thats out today. Keep in mind, he's 57. It's not like he's from the stone age.
And finally I leave you with this.
Ok some good points but - itune is DRM free!! How come some people keep acting like it is?
Or you could just, you know, buy physical CDs if legal purchases mattered to you so much.
D@mn, you beat me to it! lol
On point, I was never a big fan of Willis, however if this rings true I'll be giving him a lot of cred.
- You can get "iTunes Match" for a year and have your library upgraded to DRM free tracks with higher bit-rates (should they need it)
- Isn't most of Apple's music DRM free now?
- Requiem - DRM removal app
- Years back Jobs suggested a method in removing DRM from iTunes tracks (he hated DRM but the RIAA wouldn't make the deal w/o protection):
Use a CD+RW and produce a script to burn your library, then rip it off the CD into iTunes. DRM gone. I did this years ago and it worked flawlessly.
And this is completely and totally missing the point. I'm quite sure that Bruce Willis can pass a copy of his music collection to his children, and that he knows how to do it. What he wants is a _legal_ copy. And it would seem perfectly obvious to any right minded person that Bruce Willis or anyone else should be able to leave all his legally aquired music, videos and so on to _one_ of his children.
Think this through to the last consequence: I might leave instructions what music (from my huge collection) I want to be played on my funeral. And the RIAA turns up and arrests my family for playing this music illegally, because I'm dead and nobody has the right to play it anymore.
publicity stunt.
Here's my similar problem:
I'm 20. My mom and I have shared our iTunes account for almost a decade, but I want to make my own, linked to my own CC. But now, for the rest of my life, I will have to authorize my computers with both accounts. FAIL
Here's my similar problem:
I'm 20. My mom and I have shared our iTunes account for almost a decade, but I want to make my own, linked to my own CC. But now, for the rest of my life, I will have to authorize my computers with both accounts. FAIL
Now think about how that 25$ a year adds up over a few generations. 100 years from now it will be 2500$ in total. For music already bought once.
Why does that make sense?
It doesn't. The majority will move to subscription-based free-for-all services like Spotify and Rdio in the next 10 years. Or go back to the physical LPs and such.
I'm actually more surprised that musician and music fan Bruce Willis has a large enough iTunes collection to care about. I would be expecting him to have vinyl and CDs. If you are a fan of a band then having physical copies is part of the experience.
My CD collection never expires (and don't bother bringing up disc rot) and I can rip it into any DRM-free format I like for as many devices as I like, for less than or equal to the price of any content on iTunes and it's always available. Not to mention all the unique packaging and signed copies I have.
If you want to leave CDs to your kids you just put them in a box and slide them across the floor. You don't have to piss around with DRM and licensing.
One of the many, many reasons why a digital-only music collection is for those who really don't care about music, or suckers.
My CD collection never expires (and don't bother bringing up disc rot) and I can rip it into any DRM-free format I like for as many devices as I like, for less than or equal to the price of any content on iTunes and it's always available. Not to mention all the unique packaging and signed copies I have.
If you want to leave CDs to your kids you just put them in a box and slide them across the floor. You don't have to piss around with DRM and licensing.
One of the many, many reasons why a digital-only music collection is for those who really don't care about music, or suckers.
I agree
The point of this is larger than his family and I am grateful he has brought up this "agreement" we all checked when agreeing to download digital music from iTunes and other digital distributors. It is time as consumers "we" re-negogtiate this agreement. I am not sure of the numbers but I would imagine at least 50% of those that buy music are doing so as digital downloads. The industry has changed and many would argue was saved by outlets like iTunes. I hope Willis brings this lawsuit to Apple's iTunes which is the largest outlet for the music industry and consumers get to finally own digital downloads and not just have a license that could change at the whim of the record labels.
The point of this is larger than his family and I am grateful he has brought up this "agreement" we all checked when agreeing to download digital music from iTunes and other digital distributors. It is time as consumers "we" re-negogtiate this agreement. I am not sure of the numbers but I would imagine at least 50% of those that buy music are doing so as digital downloads. The industry has changed and many would argue was saved by outlets like iTunes. I hope Willis brings this lawsuit to Apple's iTunes which is the largest outlet for the music industry and consumers get to finally own digital downloads and not just have a license that could change at the whim of the record labels.
All the music on the iTunes Store is iTunes Plus now, and it's been that way for years. The only DRM-ed music is stuff that was purchased before that change.
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How cute! Mr. Yippee-ki-yay thinks he "owns" his digital music. He probably thinks he "owns" the software on his computer, too.
I wonder if he'll sue to make digital downloads of his movies DRM-free?
I wonder if he'll sue to make digital downloads of his movies DRM-free?
u dont need to sign in with the apple id to play those songs tho, who cares about the "tags" as long as u can give it to someone to play. like the songs play just fine on VLC or anywhere for that matter. i dont see what the big deal is. its not like they are drm protected and require u to sign in
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burning the songs works just fine for me on iTunes? i just burnt a cd for my car