Good faith effort. It doesn't have to do it flawlessly.
Same thing applies to physical media. How can you guarantee that I don't have access to the music after I've sold a CD. And while you might argue that their is a difference between CD's and digital music, the RIAA doesn't see it the same way.
FTA: "the RIAA and MPAA have argued that purchasing a physical CD or DVD simply grants one a license to use the product rather than ownership of the content"
Basically, ripping a CD you own, and then selling the CD would mean your music files are technically illegal (according to the RIAA, that is, following on this logic).
So, ReDigi is extending that logic: if the physical medium isn't the key here, but rathe rather the license, and you can sell your license via selling the CD, then shouldn't you be able to do it without the CD?
The physical medium is the key. The CD serves to identify the correct/original/authorized/licensed/whatever copy. If you can't identify the original, then actually you can't sell it (in the sense of it's not possible).
In the case of the physical CD example, yes. But in the case of iTunes, there is no physical medium to be the key.
Personally, I can't see this company working unless they can hook into iTune's servers and de-authorize the Apple account from having that song, and I don't foresee that happening at any point.
It doesn't, but it's more the fact of "removing your license to re-download the item".
Given that this particular attempt at DRM could probably be defeated by right click+copy into the same directory before "selling" the track, deleting off the local machine does absolutely nothing.
> If you can't identify the original, then actually you can't sell it (in the sense of it's not possible).
But if I can identify the original file given to me by iTunes, in the same sense that I can identify the CD, why can't I sell that original? Because of what I may/can do?
To ask it in RIAA parlance: If something gives me a license, should I not be allowed to sell that something?
And if you would answer no, I'd ask why can't I sell the CD?
Can possession of the CD really be taken to identify the owner of clear title to the license? What about when someone breaks into my house and steals my CD collection - they can steal the physical media, but the license is intangible - they can't steal that, so I should still own it.
> Good faith effort. It doesn't have to do it flawlessly.
From what I gather from TFA, they are nowhere near what the industry could consider a good faith effort. They basically need some way to invalidate the original file (and any illegitimate copies of it) while keeping the legitimate copy valid.
Same thing applies to physical media. How can you guarantee that I don't have access to the music after I've sold a CD. And while you might argue that their is a difference between CD's and digital music, the RIAA doesn't see it the same way.
FTA: "the RIAA and MPAA have argued that purchasing a physical CD or DVD simply grants one a license to use the product rather than ownership of the content"
Basically, ripping a CD you own, and then selling the CD would mean your music files are technically illegal (according to the RIAA, that is, following on this logic).
So, ReDigi is extending that logic: if the physical medium isn't the key here, but rathe rather the license, and you can sell your license via selling the CD, then shouldn't you be able to do it without the CD?
At least, that's what I gather.