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Willis to fight Apple over rights to music collection
kitz:
--- 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.”
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/4517317/Bruce-Willis-to-fight-Apple-over-music-rights-after-his-death.html#ixzz25Om1Bq5Q
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At 99p-£1.25 per track we are being stitched up. Go Bruce - good luck to you mate.
UncleUB:
What a wonderful company Apple is............ :tongue:
They rip people of off all the time,yet people can't get enough of them...... :shrug2:
kitz:
i-this and i-that has become exceeding popular over the past few years, and Apple seem to be enjoying an all time high in the popularity stakes. Lets hope they dont take it too far. It may take someone like Bruce Willis to be able to take them on.
Im also a bit concerned about the recent speights of law suites against the likes of Samsung and IMHO they seem to be going too far with their patents. All I can say its a good job Apple didnt invent the internet or even such things as right click ::)
Reminds me of the joke :(
BREAKING NEWS: Apple to sue the Oxford English dictionary for breaking its patent on the letter 'i'.
burakkucat:
iThis and iThat. Bah!
Absolutely typical of the iWant generation! :-X
roseway:
iAgree :)
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