The Electronic Frontier Foundation explains: When you buy an audio CD from a record store, you own that copy of the music, but you don't own a copyright to the music itself. Say, for example, Willis meets an untimely death and gives his daughter access to his iTunes account beforehand this is breaking Apple's user agreement and therefore other members of his family cannot legally listen to the music.īut the real argument should be: does it matter whether the content you buy is 'physical' or digital? In that event, the contract expires and the person's account and any purchased products cannot be transferred to anyone else. The likely truth is that the contract between you and the service you are using - say Apple in this case - is terminated as soon as the person dies.
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Star Wars: Here's How to Watch Every Movie and TV Show in Order.Questions have been left with Apple, but did not respond outside U.S. It's the terms and conditions which govern exactly who owns the music you buy even once you escape the mortal coil. You immediately jump to the bottom of the screen and hit the "I Agree" button and sail off on your digital downloading way. Only one in a million people actually read the terms and conditions of any Web site, service, or application. (Willis' wife tweeted this morning that the story was not true.)īut the one thing still not settled or answered from today's misreporting: what happens to downloaded content when the buyer passes away? (Spoiler alert: just because you buy it doesn't mean you own it, and certainly doesn't mean you can do whatever you like with it.) Perhaps something more suited for April Fool's Day? We reported it (and fell for it) and we've updated the piece to reflect that the original source was a work of fiction.
Earlier today, a story emerged from the British tabloids that Bruce Willis was considering suing Apple in a bid to determine who gets his iTunes music collection after his death.