Music rights do we have any?

highfructose327 · 11-07-2007

If you bought an LP, CD or cassette, should you have the right to download the music in digital format. When we buy music are we paying for just the format or rights to the music? I think we are buying rights to the music not to profit from, but;for our own entertainment. I am sure the recording industry disagrees with me, what do you think?

Rasczak · 11-08-2007

I think if you bought the CD, you paid for a plastic disk that will play music if you stick it in the right machine. I also think if you bought a CD, you have no reason to download it. As for what you have a right to - you have a right to what was promised in return for the purchase price and nothing more.

MRiGnS · 11-08-2007

When you buy a CD it's not even your right to be able to play it wherever you want.

So you might not be able to play it in your discman or car and have no legal options whatsoever.

Retailers usually take it back although they don't have to.

The music industry really screwed things and many of their "rules" are unconstitutional in many countries, but it's a huge lobby and court cases take years, so many don't bother.

I would especially blame Sony and Bertelsmann, they even place rootkits on their CDs infecting PCs.

hairy_Palms · 11-08-2007

we have almost no rights, the only right we have is to play it in our own homes to ourselves, if anyone who doesn't live there comes into your house then you must turn it off unless you have a "performance license" same goes for playing it in your car with the windows down, and you better not have a radio on your desk at work or theyll be down on you like a hawk,
BBC NEWS | Scotland | Edinburgh, East and Fife | Kwik-Fit sued over staff radios

the above are all true regarding the letter of the agreement when you purchase a CD, which i think personally is f*cking ridiculous.

LordFu · 11-08-2007

Fair use - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In the U.S., we have those rights, although the RIAA and MPAA would love to eliminate them.

The content industry wants to sell you the same music or movie for each individual device you have, ad nauseum. It's a business plan that ignores reality and requires they litigate their customers into compliance.

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Rasczak Stirrer Of Shit Join Date: May 2007 Location: Oahu Posts: 3,378	Re: Music rights do we have any? I think if you bought the CD, you paid for a plastic disk that will play music if you stick it in the right machine. I also think if you bought a CD, you have no reason to download it. As for what you have a right to - you have a right to what was promised in return for the purchase price and nothing more. Last edited by Rasczak : 11-08-2007 at 01:00 AM.
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MRiGnS the wicked one Join Date: May 2007 Location: Saarbrücken, Germany Posts: 1,886	Re: Music rights do we have any? When you buy a CD it's not even your right to be able to play it wherever you want. So you might not be able to play it in your discman or car and have no legal options whatsoever. Retailers usually take it back although they don't have to. The music industry really screwed things and many of their "rules" are unconstitutional in many countries, but it's a huge lobby and court cases take years, so many don't bother. I would especially blame Sony and Bertelsmann, they even place rootkits on their CDs infecting PCs. Last edited by MRiGnS : 11-08-2007 at 01:42 AM.
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