what do i get when i purchase a cd ?

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 1:28 am

SarahtheBoring wrote:
Scintilla wrote:Who was it that said that buying a CD only gets you a license to the music? I just picked up the closest audio CD I had and looked through everything that came with it and nowhere did I find anything to that effect. Help?
The original poster doesn't have the foggiest idea what he's talking about. Hope that helps, have a nice day!

No no, I saw this in a different thread before this one got started.

didrox · Post by **didrox** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 1:40 am

ill have you know that not having a clue about what im talking about is my specialty and forte . hola.

Keeper of Hellfire · Post by **Keeper of Hellfire** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 11:23 am

Scintilla wrote:Who was it that said that buying a CD only gets you a license to the music?

I've read that post too, and it is wrong. You get property on the CD, but not for the copyrighted stuff. For the music you have only the license to listen to it in privat environment.

Rozard · Post by **Rozard** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 11:36 pm

Scintilla wrote:Who was it that said that buying a CD only gets you a license to the music? I just picked up the closest audio CD I had and looked through everything that came with it and nowhere did I find anything to that effect. Help?

That was me. I don't have me book with me from school, it's back at my parent's place. If you remind me, I'll try and look it up over Christmas break.

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 11:39 pm

Rozard wrote:
Scintilla wrote:Who was it that said that buying a CD only gets you a license to the music? I just picked up the closest audio CD I had and looked through everything that came with it and nowhere did I find anything to that effect. Help?
That was me. I don't have me book with me from school, it's back at my parent's place. If you remind me, I'll try and look it up over Christmas break.

So are CDs a physical good, and thus completely owned, or a liscensed one, and thus once a license is purchased the holder is entitled to the content in all forms?

It's an important distinction, and it would seem that certain Powers that Be want to pick and chose parts of each.

Rozard · Post by **Rozard** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 12:26 am

Kalium wrote:So are CDs a physical good, and thus completely owned, or a liscensed one, and thus once a license is purchased the holder is entitled to the content in all forms?

It's an important distinction, and it would seem that certain Powers that Be want to pick and chose parts of each.

A licensed good. By purchasing the CD, you're actually purchasing a license to be in possession of the CD and its contents. The record label still owns all rights to it.

Sorry, I was going to respond right away, but I was hoping to find something to back up my claim quickly. This is taking longer than I had hoped.

Rozard · Post by **Rozard** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 1:00 am

Rozard wrote:Sorry, I was going to respond right away, but I was hoping to find something to back up my claim quickly. This is taking longer than I had hoped.

I still can't find something that I can just point to as reference, and I'm don't feel like trying to read all of this copyright law at the moment, but it should be covered in Chapter 1 of Title 17 of United States Code. If I had to point to any specific sections, they'd be 102, 106, 109, 114 and 115. Perhaps someone more legal code inclined could make better sense of it than I can. Hopefully when I go home for the holidays, I can find something in my text book.

Keeper of Hellfire · Post by **Keeper of Hellfire** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 5:26 am

I told it before, and I do it again: You are wrong!! The CD becomes your property.

§ 106. Exclusive rights in copyrighted works

Subject to sections 107 through 122, the owner of copyright under this title has the exclusive rights to do and to authorize any of the following:
...
(3) to distribute copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending;

requiett · Post by **requiett** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:13 am

Q: What do i get when i purchase a cd ?
A: Assrape! (By record labels who want to keep up that profit by compensating for rampant piracy. Either way, we lose!)

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:20 am

Rozard wrote:A licensed good. By purchasing the CD, you're actually purchasing a license to be in possession of the CD and its contents. The record label still owns all rights to it.

So why do none of my CDs have licenses on or with them? How am I to know the terms of the license without seeing it?

Besides, doesn't that entitle me to have the content in whatever form I wish, including MP3, at no additional cost?

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