Post 12 - Reaction to the reading, Week 5 (last week, last reading!)

Well, what I wrote earlier before completing the reading still stands although it's possible I'm being a tad paranoid about music rights. But I agree with Mr Wootten, when I buy music, I view it as mine and I want the ability to put it where I want it. If I want to listen on the computer, I want the ability to have it there. But more than that, I want to know what my rights are. Music companies have a tendency not to inform users about what their rights are. For example, I had no idea that music purchased on iTunes has limited use versus what you get when buying a CD. I guessed so, because I'm paranoid, but I don't remember reading that anywhere. Maybe it's in the EULA. Because we all read every word of that.

If buying music from a site gave me unlimited plays of the music on my computer and 5 CD burns or downloads to other computers/players AND the site could tell me how many uses I had remaining at any given time, I might be interested in trying it. But for now, I'll stick to my theoretically safe indie records (minus the new U2 album which rocks and which I'm equally sure is installing rootkit software as I speak :)