boingboing.net— Hey suckers! Did you buy DRM music from Wal*Mart instead of downloading MP3s for free from the P2P networks? Well, they're repaying your honesty by taking away your music.
Sep 27, 2008View in Crawl 4
This is not legal advice, but those EULAs are often held to be unenforceable -- especially when the terms constitute something which might be seen as an un-bargained-for surprise. I think that courts are generally loathe to find unfair terms buried in fine print, "agreed to" by people who the company knew would never read the terms, and even if they did, those people would be in a 'take it or leave it' situation with regard to the contract, to be enforceable and equitable.Relying on the above manifestation that the DMCA provides that one can break DRM if the practice is no longer in use, I think there's a big difference between 'breaking' the DRM and simply downloading an unencumbered copy.I would guess that provision probably is a direct project of the DivX fiasco [where Circuit City tried to market a DRM-encumbered competitor to the DVD, and upon abandoning the format, they simply unlocked everything].
I truely do sympathize with all of you who have been taken by the WM, but to be truthful, I' a little more concerned about the fact that one man in particular, from Spain, also owns a porn tv station, and sits on the board of directors for WM,he seems to get re-elected quite often, I'm not against owning a tv station, but don't let the wolves guard the hen house.
I'm so glad I don't buy music. 99 cents a song, how lame is that especially when you can't play it on any device you want and then something like this happens... LAME
dhughesSep 28, 2008
Even .mp3 files are not so innocent, I don't see why people just don't go for .ogg
bobbinikaSep 28, 2008
run your songs through sound taxi
Closed AccountSep 28, 2008
Dear Customer,I drink your milkshake.Love,Walmart
midtownerSep 28, 2008
This is not legal advice, but those EULAs are often held to be unenforceable -- especially when the terms constitute something which might be seen as an un-bargained-for surprise. I think that courts are generally loathe to find unfair terms buried in fine print, "agreed to" by people who the company knew would never read the terms, and even if they did, those people would be in a 'take it or leave it' situation with regard to the contract, to be enforceable and equitable.Relying on the above manifestation that the DMCA provides that one can break DRM if the practice is no longer in use, I think there's a big difference between 'breaking' the DRM and simply downloading an unencumbered copy.I would guess that provision probably is a direct project of the DivX fiasco [where Circuit City tried to market a DRM-encumbered competitor to the DVD, and upon abandoning the format, they simply unlocked everything].
saphesSep 30, 2008
I truely do sympathize with all of you who have been taken by the WM, but to be truthful, I' a little more concerned about the fact that one man in particular, from Spain, also owns a porn tv station, and sits on the board of directors for WM,he seems to get re-elected quite often, I'm not against owning a tv station, but don't let the wolves guard the hen house.
stasbzNov 3, 2008
i download music from <a class="user" href="http://www.abcmuzic.com.">http://www.abcmuzic.com.</a>It's ok. there are a lot of albums.When you register you get $5 on your balance.
empiricalkingDec 26, 2008
I'm so glad I don't buy music. 99 cents a song, how lame is that especially when you can't play it on any device you want and then something like this happens... LAME