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Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer
This thread is a Bizarro-world; I can't seem to wrap my brain around the OP's argument and find myself agreeing with SLJ.
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I think that a world where all of these are valid at the same time qualifies itself even better as a Bizarro-world:
1) Media companies sell you content (say, music) in exchange for money.
2) You don't own what you paid for: in fact, you are not allowed to do with it any of the things that you can do with your possessions (e.g., give it to someone else). Actually, the one thing you CAN do with it (so, by definition, the thing that you purchased) is play the content.
What the media company has sold you is a license to play the content.
3) However, you don't own the license you paid for. In fact you cannot transfer it to someone else (losing the benefit yourself), even for free. And it can become invalid if you change your playing device.