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- robertisaar, on 06/21/2009, -3/+139i can hear the RIAA ***** bricks at this very moment...
- STPZ, on 06/21/2009, -0/+94can I sell them back for $80,000 per song?
- spookyttws, on 06/21/2009, -1/+89I've got millions of copies of my old MP3's for sale. Trust me, they're all legit and are of the highest bit rate. Just so everyone knows, my internet connection isn't great, so once you've paid me I'll be distributing them via Bit Torrent to allow for faster download. I own a few different URL's so don't be alarmed if I send you a link to mininova.com, thepiratebay.com, or demoniod.com. I own all of these websites and don't want to use up too much bandwidth on any single one of them.
- Kuci06, on 06/21/2009, -8/+84***** THE RIAA
- drmobutu, on 06/21/2009, -0/+62I'l buy your used mp3s...for ten cents, per terrabyte...
- borez, on 06/21/2009, -1/+55Sorry but the major labels will never in a million years agree to that business model. Period.
- RomeyRome, on 06/21/2009, -0/+37They don't even want you selling used CDs. My Dad sells CDs on Amazon, and he got a threat from Vital records because he was selling their CD for $2. They said that a resonable person would conclude that it was obviosly pirated for that price. The label was also selling on Amazon directly for like $25. I replied on his behalf and basically said that a reasonable person would conclude that the free market dictated that their album was not worth $25 and to go pound sand. I also suggested that they can buy it from me (my dad) and re-sell it for a profit. There were multiple sellers selling it for below $3. I also made sure to mention that it was bought for $1 from a used bookstore.
- robertisaar, on 06/21/2009, -1/+34no profane language has ever been filtered that i'm aware of, so i don't give a flying ***** if i get flagged for "language" or not...
- fragMasterFlash, on 06/21/2009, -4/+25When you 'buy' an MP3 from Amazon or wherever they encode unique watermarks in the file provided to you. If it is resold and that person lets it get onto kazaa or bittorrent you will be the one getting sued by the RIAA for the distribution of that file. Good luck trying to claim innocence. Also, you didn't really 'buy' the song, you bought the rights to play it and those rights are likely non-transferable. I'll stick with buying CDs and ripping them myself, thank you just the same.
- darrellcskinner, on 06/21/2009, -0/+20petersonca, "I tried, but I couldn't figure out how to forward my ports"
- jman583, on 06/21/2009, -2/+22No, that's the one thing that the RIAA likes about MP3s.
- anior, on 06/21/2009, -1/+19sounds legit, ill take two more!
- Zanrook, on 06/21/2009, -1/+17wut
That idea is more ***** stupid than rewinding dvds. - fragMasterFlash, on 06/21/2009, -2/+18The DMCA forbids you from removing copy protection from digital media. Standards compliant (redbook) CDs are NOT copy protected.
Educate yourself:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmca
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Book_(audio_CD_st ... - norman619, on 06/21/2009, -0/+14Notice the "hide profanity" button next to the "settings" button? That means it's OK to curse and fr those who are bothered by such words they can use tat filter to hide posts which contain those kinds of words. Here on digg we are treated as adults.
- sdipaola, on 06/21/2009, -0/+14This is why we should NEVER buy anything from the record companies ever again. Not iTunes, not anything. Do you know that less than 5% of sales actually gets to artists. Take there evil middlemen down and then build up a fair system (where artists can get > 20% and you still get the music cheaper and fairer) .Even Apple has shown how evil they are by letting you buy songs you already bought from them again !!! to get them DRM free ( and a slighter high bit rate). Other mp3 selling institutions went out of business and screwed everyone. DRm is not buing music it is borrowing music with no rules ont he coorporate side of the deal. You should be able to buy Peter Grabriel's Red Rain once and put it wherever you want it - you bought it!. Till that system exists boycott them. Remember theses folks are bribing senators to put your kids in jail or sue them right now. Do not give them that blood money.
- ofenza, on 06/21/2009, -1/+14What we earn with mp3's portability, quick (immediate) access, and lower price comes with that tradeback. If you want to sell your ***** just buy CDs as you used to. Selling your mp3s (or it's license) is just stupid, come on. You know it's a different way to have your music, and we all love to say how labels must adapt to this new reality, and now you're suggesting to adapt this old ***** habit of selling your use CDs? Be coherent.
- peterjmag, on 06/21/2009, -0/+13http://www.filehurricane.com/viewerthumbnails/5620 ...
- borez, on 06/21/2009, -1/+14I'd say they are more likely to be firing up their lawyer droids.
- anior, on 06/21/2009, -1/+13ill take 2
- brownsound00, on 06/21/2009, -0/+8***** that
- inactive, on 06/21/2009, -0/+8ivan are you that sissy noob?
- norman619, on 06/21/2009, -1/+8You speak as if they have a choice? Very few peopel give a damn about that they say and sell their used nedia all the time. They are simply in denial. It's the same with software.
- UtahApocalyse, on 06/21/2009, -1/+8I believe that when you obtain a MP3 ferom iTunes, or Amazon you actually are not purchasing the MP# but rights to play it. Thus you could not sale it as its a single contract between you and the company.
What soes it matter though.... who pays for MP3's? - darkzealot89, on 06/21/2009, -1/+7Oy Ivan! ***** you, wanker!
- Dauntless1, on 06/21/2009, -0/+6If you can make money from it, it's a business model.
- Jimmerz, on 06/21/2009, -0/+6Most people here are probably too young to remember this, but the record industry was opposed to the resale of cds when they first came out. Because they would play exactly the same as the day they were bought, not degrade the way vinyl or tape media does. Or at least that was the reasoning I heard.
- ProjectGSX, on 06/21/2009, -1/+6How does that RIAA kool-aid taste?
- SuperMoses, on 06/21/2009, -1/+6Why would they be ***** bricks of this? It's talking about "reselling" something that costs NOTHING to reproduce. It's idiotic. Don't resell your mp3, just send the ***** file to whoever wants it. You still keep a copy of it for yourself or you can just delete it from your hard drive.
I repeat, it costs NOTHING to reproduce a digital audio file. CTRL + C / CTRL + V.. done.
Treating digital audio as if it's like a physical CD is BAD imo and only feeds into the RIAA's view. - whahaa, on 06/21/2009, -0/+5burn watermarked audio to cd,
then re-rip to mp3 without watermark. - Galaxylander, on 06/21/2009, -0/+5I don't know, they seem to like stupid business models.
- sageerrant, on 06/21/2009, -0/+5These aren't the pirates you're looking for.
- catvllvs, on 06/21/2009, -0/+5Can I say *****?
- MWeather, on 06/21/2009, -0/+4I don' recall anyone asking them. The first sale doctrine says I can sell my mp3s.
- Travelsonic, on 06/21/2009, -0/+4Yes, now buzz off, Inceptious.
. - whahaa, on 06/21/2009, -0/+4nah, it's only a small no no.
- kingbinji, on 06/21/2009, -11/+15ppl pay for mp3s?
- earthceltic, on 06/21/2009, -0/+4This is the first I've heard of it. But, as we all know, anything the companies throw at us can generally easily be stripped out. So my next question is, where is the program that gets rid of this alleged unique key?
- IIAmusedII, on 06/21/2009, -1/+4Record labels serve no real purpose, do they?
- UrineEngineer, on 06/21/2009, -0/+3While that is true, I keep reading about how you can sell only 1 copy and still keep the file. That is almost the definition of pirating. Basically, If I had already pirated 10,000 songs, I could make money by selling all of them and keeping them. While the RIAA deserves its' ass to be reamed by Mickey Mouse, this model is illegal and makes no ***** sense. Selling copies of music you weren't given the copy rights to is the very definition of piracy.
- bbliss17, on 06/21/2009, -0/+3You should be able to
- MWeather, on 06/21/2009, -0/+3I still don't need their permission until they get an exclusion. So far, all they've managed is an exclusion for DRM encumbered formats, and that was 11 years ago and every major digital music provider now sells music unencumbered by DRM.
- bdbr, on 06/22/2009, -0/+3Their lawyers can probably shut this down pretty easily, as there really isn't any music that can legally be sold this way. With the purchase of the CD, you don't get rights to sell copies. If its purchased, it will in pretty much any case be a violation of the terms of service to which you had to agree on to use the service. Example:
Amazon.com: "Upon your payment of our fees for Digital Content, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the Digital Content for your personal, non-commercial, entertainment use"
iTunes: "You agree not to modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute, or create derivative works based on the Service, in any manner"
The only thing that could feasibly work would be a transfer of rights through the original purchasing agent, but I'm sure they'd rather you buy at full price. - inactive, on 06/22/2009, -0/+3Which is why you shouldnt buy mp3s from stores that do this. Simple really.
- Plopfish, on 06/21/2009, -1/+4Maybe but lawyers will probably convince a judge that since it is digital by that very nature you are selling someone a new copy, not the original copy you bought. Just saying
- afruff23, on 06/21/2009, -2/+5@whahaa
Transcoding from lossy to lossless or lossy to lossy is a big no-no. - acknotSW, on 06/21/2009, -0/+3They need to adapt to the fact that a major change in technology has wrested exclusive control of the production, marketing, and distribution of their product. Their profit margins will NEVER be as high as they once were. This is what happens when a major game changing technology comes into common use, some people lose their jobs, some people make less money, and some people find new ways to profit. Get used to it, nothing lasts forever, adapt or die.
- borez, on 06/21/2009, -0/+2I'm pretty positive they'll be fighting for exclusion when it comes to digital rights regarding music.
- inactive, on 06/22/2009, -0/+2I tried that but the DHCP server just gave me a new number.
- robertisaar, on 06/21/2009, -0/+2if you re-encode it, then yes
copy and paste, no -
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