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09-03-2012, 08:33 AM | #1 | |
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Bruce Willis Planning Legal Battle to Leave iTunes Library in His Will
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09-03-2012, 08:41 AM | #2 |
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This question about transfer of iTunes libraries has been mentioned here on MR already as a thread.
Simplest solution people found was to give heirs access to their accounts. Seems like it gets complicated. Apple's KNOWS that this will reduce their customer base size. Last edited by Nexutix; 09-03-2012 at 08:46 AM. |
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09-03-2012, 09:25 AM | #3 |
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09-03-2012, 09:31 AM | #4 |
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iTunes dropped its DRM requirements a long time ago. If you bought stuff during the DRM era, you can pay a few extra cents per song and convert it to DRM-free.
All Willis had to do was call up a Genius Bar, and he'd be set. He'll pay more for legal fees than he ever would in upgrade costs. I'd say that as far as iTunes music goes, this is DOA. That said, transferring of ownership and rights still remains for DRM'ed materials, email accounts, social networking accounts, user passwords, etc etc.... |
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09-03-2012, 09:55 AM | #6 | |
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DRM'd or not has no effect on his legal ability to transfer ownership of his music files. If they are licensed to him personally, and that license is not transferrable, then they cannot be passed on. |
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09-03-2012, 10:22 AM | #7 | |
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I wonder how they will deal with the digital aspects of single songs. I mean, does all his children get all files, or does one get one album, another another album and so on, until all song are divided? |
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09-03-2012, 10:54 AM | #8 | |
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09-03-2012, 11:16 AM | #9 | |
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iTunes Plus is at the very bottom of the quick links for me. |
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09-03-2012, 11:33 AM | #10 |
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Wow, that's expensive. Sure glad I no longer buy music. At home, I get genre listening from Pandora and songs on demand from You Tube. When driving, FM radio provides my music. On foot, it's FM radio and MP3s (from my CD collection).
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09-03-2012, 02:08 PM | #11 |
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Sounds like another sequel to me.
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09-03-2012, 02:22 PM | #12 |
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It's being reported that his iTunes library is valued at £40,000
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09-03-2012, 03:52 PM | #13 |
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No doubt the record label demanded that fee. They are the real douche bags in all this. If it were up to them fair use probably wouldn't exist at all.
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09-03-2012, 04:03 PM | #14 |
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When the program initially started it was $0.10 per song....I guess the price went up after the introductory offer. iTunes Plus has been around for a while now.
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I cannot speak for other jurisdictions, but in Australia if you buy an iTunes song you actually own it. Our (very strong and very easy to enforce) Trade Practices Act dismisses fine print. It regards what is offered as valid if it is "What a reasonable person would expect" on seeing the original offer. The iTunes store says "Buy now for $xxx", not lease or rent now, so here if you "buy" it, you own it. I have used our Trade Practice law successfully in the past.
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