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Originally Posted by riemann42
I think we need to have a Digital Consumers and Creators Bill of Rights Treaty. It would confer on consumers the right to:
* Consume purchased media on any device they wish, as long as this does not include public display of the media.
* Share media with all members of a household, within reason. A household would not, for example, include an entire dorm. Furthermore, for corporate consumers, unless explicitly stated, the right to consume the media would go to a single employee.
* Backup, preserve, convert, and modify media in any way they choose, as long as it is for personal use and not resold or distributed outside of a single household.
* Digital media ownership grants rights to content. Content would not need to be repurchased. If a new medium is developed for same content, the consumer is within his/her rights to convert it or to commission a third party to perform this conversion.
In return for these rights, come these responsibilities:
* Digital Content cannot be resold without the permission of the copyright owner.
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What about audio? Does that come under the same umbrella?
Otherwise, sounds good to me...