July 14, 2004

eBay is running a pilot program for downloadable music. What will the RIAA think of this?
  • Fuck the RIAA That is all.
  • Who the hell buys music online anyway? If I'm going to pirate it, I go online. If I'm going to buy it, I go to the record store. It boggles the mind. With all the sales HMV has daily, it's cheaper to go there than to iTunes. Good for eBay, I guess. Capitalism requires more fingers in the pie, or whatever.
  • Approved sellers in this pilot have represented to eBay that they are the rights owner or have contractual permission from the rights owner to resell the listed media. A buyer of downloadable media through eBay cannot re-list or resell the media on eBay. Guess it's okay, then.