dantheclamman to TechnologyEnglish • 9 months agoVinyl records outsell CDs for the second year runningwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square378arrow-up1710arrow-down113cross-posted to: music
arrow-up1697arrow-down1external-linkVinyl records outsell CDs for the second year runningwww.theverge.comdantheclamman to TechnologyEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square378cross-posted to: music
minus-squarekirklennonlinkfedilink1•9 months agoYou don’t own the music you buy on a CD either. You are buying a license to the music and physical storage of it. If you want you can burn your iTunes songs on a CD and you’re in the same situation.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish22•9 months agoYou own a copy of a copyrighted material. The copy is yours. No DRM, no remotely removing your ability to use it.
minus-squarekirklennonlinkfedilink12•9 months agoYou own your own hard drive. That copy of an iTunes song is yours. No DRM, no remotely removing your ability to use it.
minus-squareprolelinkfedilinkEnglish0•9 months ago No DRM, no remotely removing your ability to use it. Yet.
You don’t own the music you buy on a CD either. You are buying a license to the music and physical storage of it. If you want you can burn your iTunes songs on a CD and you’re in the same situation.
You own a copy of a copyrighted material. The copy is yours. No DRM, no remotely removing your ability to use it.
You own your own hard drive. That copy of an iTunes song is yours. No DRM, no remotely removing your ability to use it.
Yet.
How is that different from iTunes?