#12 thomdunn:
This is, of course, the inevitable risk of buying any kind of digital media — you don’t actually own it. You’re technically just buying a license to access that media, which can be revoked at any time.
Though, if it weren’t for the asymmetrical relationship, if they choose to revoke it they would have to refund your money. 2 Likes February 28, 2020, 7:34pm #13
My daughter plays clarinet and she has a few books of music that come with CDs. I ripped one of them for some unknown reason and at some point Apple mapped it to the same music but for the saxophone. (Each track had one version with the instrument in question and one without so it was not a case of identical music.)
Also it plays the wrong version of a few songs that are close but not right. 2 Likes February 28, 2020, 7:40pm #14
This shit is part of the fallout from the MP3.com decision - they tried to offer a service to upload your own tracks - for your own use - to the web and were sued out of existence for it. So now “creator rights” trump any sort of user rights.
Copyright laws are broken and need to be fixed for this crap. Then the music-locker services of the world (which, of course, there are few of because who wants to wade through this legal minefield) can finally just let you stream the music you own, to yourself, without rightsholder intervention. 15 Likes February 28, 2020, 7:42pm #15
Back in 1984, there was a service where you could call a phone number, enter your account # (touch-tone only, sorry rotary!) then play your song (through the handset) and the service would record it on a massive reel to reel tape.
To listen to the music, you call in, enter account, enter the song # you want, wait a few mins for the tape to spool to the right spot, then it would play the tune.
I mean, amazing! Imagine, not having to carry around your briefcase full of cassettes, your music was only a phone call away. Yeah, it sucked that you needed to have Ma Bell or AT&T service, but there were payphones on every corner so not a problem. Also now and then their giant tape would break and you would lose all the music, but nothing’s perfect.
Above is a parody , but just barely. 9 Likes February 28, 2020, 8:32pm #16
I remember seeing and reading all these SF stories and movies where all human knowledge is lost. Libraries laid waste from disuse and books crumbling on the shelves. I remember those stories and thinking ‘how could that even happen’…and now I’m starting to realize it won’t even involve a nuclear war. 8 Likes