A fake story claiming Bruce Willis would sue Apple over the right to leave his iTunes collection to his children when he dies is causing a lot of talk. Not only on the web, but I just saw a story about it on the local Fox channel's 10 o'clock news.
What people don't realize is that the greedy labels forced Apple & Amazon & Google to put a ridiculous restriction on digital downloads. Namely that even though you paid $1.29 per track or $9.99 or up for a full digital CD, you don't technically "own" that music. Say what?
See, this is why everyone hates the record labels. It's not about "protecting the artist". The labels screw the artist every chance they get. You mean the over a hundred dollars I have given iTunes doesn't mean anything? I am only "renting" the music.
Of course, me & everyone else, or at least those who know better, make backups. I always burn a CD after I buy a download. Heck, that's what Apple advises. Besides if your hard drive fails or you want to transfer to a new computer, how else are you going to get your music on the new drive?
So while the story that started this is fraudulent, the truth is it caused people to realize what they can & can't do with "their" music.
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