In Reply to: RE: Pre-loaded music? posted by Presto on July 7, 2012 at 08:38:19:
That would clearly be ethical. Whether it is legal or not depends on the jurisdiction(s).
You didn't mention downloads, for which would be no CDs to package for shipping. Most downloads are supposedly "licensed" to the original purchaser and not transferable. If these "license" provisions stand up, then transferring the files would be legal as well as ethical. It is my understanding that some courts in the EU have ruled this way, i.e. the right of first sale doctrine applies to downloads as well as CD sales. Whether this will stand up and/or spread to other jurisdictions remains to be seen.
This issue is more complex where there are DRM "teeth" such as with Kindle books. There are also issues of inheritance upon death of licensee, sharing of accounts, etc...
In the US, according to the Constitution (assuming it's not a totally dead letter), Copyright exists to encourage the publication of creative works. It would seem that the present system is doing a rather poor job of accomplishing this. It is well past time to reassess the entire system, but given the corrupt political structure this is highly unlikely to happen anytime soon.
Tony Lauck
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Follow Ups
- RE: Pre-loaded music? - Tony Lauck 09:35:25 07/07/12 (17)
- There is no need to cloud the issue - Presto 21:55:32 07/07/12 (1)
- x2...nt - Dynobot 18:54:04 07/10/12 (0)
- Hmmm . . . - JoshT 09:55:42 07/07/12 (14)
- RE: Hmmm . . . - Tony Lauck 10:25:24 07/07/12 (13)
- I thought English was your native language. - esande 13:36:49 07/07/12 (11)
- RE: I thought English was your native language. - Tony Lauck 14:42:48 07/07/12 (5)
- RE: I thought English was your native language. - esande 15:03:56 07/07/12 (4)
- RE: I thought English was your native language. - Tony Lauck 15:14:44 07/07/12 (3)
- RE: I thought English was your native language. - esande 15:31:03 07/07/12 (0)
- You are all over the place or perhaps I am? :-) - JoshT 15:30:41 07/07/12 (1)
- RE: You are all over the place or perhaps I am? :-) - Tony Lauck 18:24:18 07/07/12 (0)
- As I read Tony's post, he would agree with you - JoshT 14:36:23 07/07/12 (4)
- RE: As I read Tony's post, he would agree with you - esande 14:49:17 07/07/12 (3)
- I never said that - JoshT 15:25:55 07/07/12 (2)
- RE: I never said that - esande 15:47:59 07/07/12 (1)
- Yes, I believe you are required to - JoshT 17:53:51 07/07/12 (0)
- Thanks for the clarifications Tony - JoshT 12:59:29 07/07/12 (0)