[GLLUG] Broadband/cable provider [OT]

Matthew Walster matthew at walster.org
Thu Mar 7 09:55:29 UTC 2013


On 7 March 2013 06:49, Christopher Hunter <cehunter at gb-x.org> wrote:

> I'm afraid you're entirely wrong.  This has been tested innumerable
> times in American courts (it's unenforceable outside the USA at
> present).  Your payment for each item to iTunes licences you to keep it
> and play it on just one device.  When the battery in your expensive
> iJunk dies, they will not allow you to transfer the material to another
> device - even if you've paid out for another piece of overpriced
> iRubbish!  Apple have recently developed a reputation for suing
> schoolchildren in the 'States....


And there's case law in the UK to say that the DRM free music I have from
the ITMS can be used for my own personal purposes how I like, so long as I
don't resell it, broadcast it or include it within my own product without
an additional licence.

M
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