Bruce Willis to fight Apple over rights to music collection after his death - Polidicks

[t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/The_sun_logo.jpg[/t] [QUOTE]BRUCE Willis is preparing to take Apple to court over who owns his huge digital music collection after he dies. The Die Hard actor, 57, wants to leave the haul to his daughters Rumer, Scout and Tallulah. But under iTunes' current terms and conditions, customers essentially only 'borrow' tracks rather than owning them outright. So any music library amassed like that would be worthless when the owner dies. Willis has asked advisers to set up a trust that holds his downloads, which reportedly include classics from the Beatles to Led Zeppelin, to get around this rule. The action star is also backing legal moves to increase the rights of downloaders. Apple can freeze users’ accounts if they suspect them of sharing tunes with others. Chris Walton, an estate specialist at Irwin Mitchell, told a newspaper: “Lots of people will be surprised on learning all those tracks and books they have bought over the years don’t actually belong to them. “It’s only natural you would want to pass them on to a loved one.” [/QUOTE] [url]http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/4517317/Bruce-Willis-to-fight-Apple-over-music-rights-after-his-death.html#ixzz25LigS5Bw[/url]

It's bullshit that you don't own the tracks anyway. I fucking paid for it, same price as I would in the shop. It's fucking mine.

Well I think it's just nice that a famous actor wants more rights for download users not only himself, that's pretty cool.

I still have no clue why people pay money to apple for music that can be bought at a higher quality and lesser price elsewhere.

[QUOTE=AK'z;37513788]I still have no clue why people pay money to apple for music that can be bought at a higher quality and lesser price elsewhere.[/QUOTE] I don't know of a single store that SELLS flac copies of music.

[QUOTE=BuffaloBill;37513749]It's bullshit that you don't own the tracks anyway. I fucking paid for it, same price as I would in the shop. It's fucking mine.[/QUOTE] Steam does the exact same thing.

This is how I envision his exchange with Apple's lawyers [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfpDSNNgYhI[/media]

[QUOTE=AK'z;37513788]I still have no clue why people pay money to apple for music that can be bought at a higher quality and lesser price elsewhere.[/QUOTE] Apple's non-OS software has never been anything to write home about, yet people still have iTunes installed on their Windows systems. Just the nature of anything Apple related, they stick around

[QUOTE=Scot;37513848]Steam does the exact same thing.[/QUOTE] except when you die, all your shit doesnt just get removed from your account

yes

[QUOTE=AK'z;37513788]I still have no clue why people pay money to apple for music that can be bought at a higher quality and lesser price elsewhere.[/QUOTE] Because the quality is good enough for the vast majority of people and the prices are competitive? (And considering how long it's been around, remember that new stores have sprung up since then and the older stores have dropped their prices to compete)

Burn everything to CDs. Import CDs. Make copies. Boom, you now own everything.

Just transfer the MP3s themselves? Last time I checked iTunes removed the DRM on most of it's stuff, if not all of it.

After I buy something from iTunes music store (not often) I transfer it to my iPod where it remains forever, and if I want to put it on a different iPod I use software to transfer it called "iPod2iPod" or others

This is why I only use Amazon MP3 for songs I buy. You get one DRM-free digital download at CD quality of the song and that's that. No bullshit.

[QUOTE=areolop;37513883]except when you die, all your shit doesnt just get removed from your account[/QUOTE] Neither does it from iTunes. If you sign in with the same account you can redeem all of the purchases made on that account.

Good. Fuck apple and their queer greedy mistreating of their customers. (queer strange, not queer gay)

[QUOTE=Itachi_Crow;37513892]yes[/QUOTE] what is your avatar saying

Am I the only one who gets MP3 copies of everything I own on iTunes?

[QUOTE=sp00ks;37514284]Am I the only one who gets MP3 copies of everything I own on iTunes?[/QUOTE] You actually use iTunes? I havent used anything since Spotify

[QUOTE=areolop;37514289]You actually use iTunes? I havent used anything since Spotify[/QUOTE] Spotify is too low quality for me. 320kbps or bust.

See, physical CDs aren't [b]completely[/b] obsolete yet. [editline]2nd September 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Scot;37514299]Spotify is too low quality for me. 320kbps or bust.[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure the high quality streams are 320 kbps. You have to shell out for premium though. [editline]2nd September 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=SataniX;37513829]I don't know of a single store that SELLS flac copies of music.[/QUOTE] Well if you buy music on CD and used a player that wasn't absolute shit (so almost anything other than iTunes), you could rip to FLAC with that.

best $10 I will ever spend a month (its disposable income that is not going toward tobacco for once)

my hatred to apple grows day after day

[QUOTE=Scot;37513848]Steam does the exact same thing.[/QUOTE] I think that it's at least pretty much not legal here in Europe - it might be in the TOS, but I'm pretty sure that it's overruled over here.

[QUOTE=TestECull;37514136]Just transfer the MP3s themselves? Last time I checked iTunes removed the DRM on most of it's stuff, if not all of it.[/QUOTE] This is true, I downloaded some music from there when I had a spare gift card and there is no DRM protection anymore, except for movies but that's different. [editline]2nd September 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=hovergroovie;37514239]Good. Fuck apple and their queer greedy mistreating of their customers. (queer strange, not queer gay)[/QUOTE] Apple isn't the only people who do this...

[QUOTE=SataniX;37513829]I don't know of a single store that SELLS flac copies of music.[/QUOTE] Can you buy FLACs? I've only ever seen them, uhh, come up on unrelated results while I'm looking for linux distros. [QUOTE=GoDong-DK;37514371]I think that it's at least pretty much not legal here in Europe - it might be in the TOS, but I'm pretty sure that it's overruled over here.[/QUOTE] Yeah, ToS agreements hold up like wet paper in EU courts.

Why would I download anything less quality than FLAC, I didn't buy the golden coaxials for nothing. :downs:

[QUOTE=Scot;37513848]Steam does the exact same thing.[/QUOTE] Only for steamworks games, any other DRM is part of the game itself and not a result of being on steam. Also, gabeN has said time and time again that if steam eventually shuts down that all games on your account steamworks or not would still be available to you.

[QUOTE=Rents;37514714]Can you buy FLACs? I've only ever seen them, uhh, come up on unrelated results while I'm looking for linux distros. Yeah, ToS agreements hold up like wet paper in EU courts.[/QUOTE] If I remember correctly, some artists sell FLAC files.