And now, if you buy files off of a service like iTunes, you don’t own anything except a license to play it on whatever device you happen to have.
You can’t legally resell it, give it away, or bequeath it to your heirs.
Records, 8-tracks, cassettes, and CDs don’t require you to click to accept a user agreement.
I confess-I’ve downloaded songs off of YouTube, the vast majority of which I already own in vinyl form. I don’t see why I should have to pay again just to save myself the trouble of hooking up the cables and transferring the songs to my computer.
But rest assured, Mr. Kiss, I’ve never purchased or downloaded any of your songs, nor do I ever plan to.
The “Betamax Case.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Corp._of_America_v._Universal_City_Studios,_Inc.