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more on Media Companies Go Too Far in Curbing Consumers' Activities
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:34:11 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: "Christopher F. Herot" <cherot () herot com> Date: October 26, 2005 5:12:15 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: gerry-faulhaber () mchsi comSubject: RE: [IP] more on Media Companies Go Too Far in Curbing Consumers' Activities
I'm sure Lee carefully read the Term of Use just as do all conscientiousconsumers. And I'm sure the salesperson in the Apple Store makes sure that all consumers are aware of each and every paragraph before they purchase an
iPod. (For some egregious examples see http://www.tgdaily.com/2005/10/22/rtf_eula/).Gerry may correct that Apple is within its rights to devise a business model
of its choosing. Lee (and Walt and the rest of us) are also within ourrights to complain and to bring said complaints to the attention of other consumers before they invest too much in a system that may not meet their
needs. Where I have real problems with this situation is when one group of companies purchases legislation such as the DMCA that makes the state a party to these business arrangements. -----Original Message----- From: David Farber [mailto:dave () farber net] Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 4:51 PM To: Ip Ip Subject: [IP] more on Media Companies Go Too Far in Curbing Consumers' Activities Begin forwarded message: From: Gerry Faulhaber <gerry-faulhaber () mchsi com> Date: October 26, 2005 3:37:34 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] more on Media Companies Go Too Far in Curbing Consumers' Activities Dave [for IP if you wish]-- iTunes makes it perfectly clear that their downloads only work in iPods. Did the writer not read the terms of use? Read it but decided to complain anyway? If you don't like the deal, then go with Rhapsody. But don't use it as an excuse to download copyrighted music for free. Whether you agree with the law or not, it is a violation of the law. Apple has been fairly clear that their business model is to make money on the iPod and use iTunes as the loss leader. This is a fairly typical retail strategy and I see nothing objectionable about it (whether it will be successful in the long run is another question, but that's Apple's problem, not mine, nor yours). But its execution requires that iTunes only play on the iPod. There are legal competitors out there, guys. Use your freedom of choice. Gerry Faulhaber ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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