Silence for a bit too long – new position back up in the city (London) and lots to do, so quiet on the blog front.
US court to rule on ReDigi’s MP3 digital music resales
But a very interesting article I saw tonight – yes again on the BBC – about a pending court ruling about whether MP3 music files can be resold. Hmmmmmmm. Makes you wonder. As an individual I bought them, as long as I’ve not copied them I should be able to re-sell them. I can do it with physical goods, so why not digital? For a business though? Well why not – you get second hand shops (including for music, videos and games and books) for physical goods and they’re total legal and everyone’s happy about them. What difference does it make that it’s digital, just a different medium for consuming the content? None really – other than it’s potentially easier to copy the content.
One to watch in the courts – and will it set a precedent? US only? Music only? Watch this space…