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March 7, 2006
Burglary
Record companies don't really care for the music, they care about the money.
Dutch internetprovider Planet, a subdivision of Telco KPN, has the number one payed download music service in Holland. Today they anounced that with the use of digital rights management all sold songs will be deactivated as from April 3, 2006.
KPN states they have to revoke the songs, forced by the record companies. At the same time the record companies raise the prices with to 1,49 euro per song, due to rising costs. But they are unable to specify what costs.
This is a very bad development. When you sell a song you have SOLD it. Period.
It should not be able to change the policy afterward and revoke music that is already legally on my computer. It is as if the record industry would enter my house and take my cd and record collection telling my they sold it too cheap to me and changed the delivery license afterward.
This behavior is not just indecent. If someone comes into my house without my permission and take someone with him, he or she would be arrested for burglary.
Whatever the licence agreement the companies make you agree before you download, this is injustice.
Posted by Renske at March 7, 2006 7:28 PM | permanent link