Planning
for musical obsolescence: How digital licensing is destroying our ability
to preserve history. Excerpt:
When one goes to the LA
Philharmonic site about this recording of Symphonie Fantastique and tries to
purchase it, one is directed to the iTunes site, and the licensing terms that
accompany the “purchase” — it is really just a license — restrict the user to
personal uses. …
At a recent consultation to discuss
this problem, it was interesting to note that several of the lawyers in the
room encouraged the librarians to just download the music anyway and ignore the
licensing terms, simply treating this piece of music like any other library
acquisition.
(I wrote an article that
had a bit about this.)
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