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0 pointsKMnO43y ago0 comments

Sounds like you don’t own your music either.

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There's only one way to own it. Work smart, not hard.

Neither in some sense do people who own physical media, eg. a CD.

I’m what sense is that, exactly? I can sell my discs, play them however often and in whatever device I want. I can also rip as many times as I want onto as many computers as I want.

ubercow133y ago

In the sense that you own the physical CD but only have a license to use the music on it. Ripping a CD is not legal in many countries including UK and probably the US [1], so do you 'own' the music any more than someone who has pirated it? I guess, in some sense.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripping#Legality

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bobleeswagger3y ago

There's only one way to own it. Work smart, not hard.

ubercow133y ago

Neither in some sense do people who own physical media, eg. a CD.

Godel_unicode3y ago

I’m what sense is that, exactly? I can sell my discs, play them however often and in whatever device I want. I can also rip as many times as I want onto as many computers as I want.

ubercow133y ago

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripping#Legality

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