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RE: Apple's lawyer: iTunes sells data, not music
From: Blanchard_Michael () emc com
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:55:12 -0500
Speaker manufactures are simply vibrating the air around it..... Air is free unless you wanna put it in your tires.. :-) Michael P. Blanchard Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE Office of Information Security & Risk Management EMC ² Corporation 4400 Computer Dr. Westboro, MA 01580 -----Original Message----- From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of James Kehl Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 6:50 AM To: Larry Seltzer Cc: funsec () linuxbox org Subject: RE: [funsec] Apple's lawyer: iTunes sells data, not music On Thu, 30 Mar 2006, Larry Seltzer wrote:
Apple Computer lead counsel Anthony Grabiner argued that themarket-leading iTunes music store was primarily a data transmission service, permitted by the agreement. Aren't music CDs just data?
Isn't everything data? There's an interesting topic over on Bruce Schneier's blog about Monolith - the idea that if you can XOR together two random bitstreams to get a Britney Spears mp3, then that mp3 must somehow have become public domain. Most of the commenters are saying something like: maybe the random bitstreams can't be proven to infringe, but if someone uses them to produce something humanly indistinguishable to a copyrighted work, they can/will be busted. Clearly, Apple Records (and the RIAA) need to go after speaker manufacturers - everyone else is pushing around bits and voltages :) James _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
Current thread:
- Apple's lawyer: iTunes sells data, not music Richard M. Smith (Mar 30)
- RE: Apple's lawyer: iTunes sells data, not music Larry Seltzer (Mar 30)
- RE: Apple's lawyer: iTunes sells data, not music James Kehl (Mar 31)
- RE: Apple's lawyer: iTunes sells data, not music Blanchard_Michael (Mar 31)
- RE: Apple's lawyer: iTunes sells data, not music James Kehl (Mar 31)
- Re: Apple's lawyer: iTunes sells data, not music Drsolly (Mar 30)
- RE: Apple's lawyer: iTunes sells data, not music Larry Seltzer (Mar 30)