The Double-Dip Mentality

[kandrathe]

Hi,
You can, by my logic, make an infinite amount of backups.
It's perfectly ok to do that, in my opinion. I see the difficulties in getting the things back in time, but there's nothing that speaks against lending your friend a cd for a short time, when you want to listen to that exact album at the same time.
We agree here.
No. In my perfect illusion, you can convert your commodities whenever you like in whatever format you wish. You don't need to go to a 'conversion agency'-cum-nanny. You also don't buy exactly only the software - you buy the software on one specific medium (mostly the cd for music). And if you find out that you need another medium, that's perfectly right for me. Furthermore don't tell me you think that one should buy one cd for the car, one for your home, one for work and one for your cottage. I don't think so, really.
Greetings, Fragbait
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Your logic is wrong. You misread (and largely ignored) my post. An infinite number of backups are not backups, they are just copies. One copy for backup purposes is a backup, if it is archived for loss prevention.

You can lend, give, or sell your original property to a friend, but not a copy (or backup copy).

As for transfering mediums. In the perfect world people would be honest, but in the real world there needs to be controls and enforceability of laws. What I believe about the way it should be is that the contract we enter into with the Artist for a product should be for the virtual album not just the cheap piece of plastic with a recording on it. That way, if I had purchased the original Pet Sounds album in 1964, then I should have the right to listen to it in any subsequent media format. The vinyl disc was the technology of that day, but as technology advanced my ability to replay my album would not be diminished. The sad reality is that you really only own the piece of plastic with a recording on it, and when the format changes or it wears out you must replace it with another piece of plastic.