mhardy6647
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Interestingly - I believe that this was the case even back in the days of, e.g., LP records. One owned a piece of molded plastic, but the content encoded (so to speak) on that plastic belonged to the publisher. Of course, that never stopped anyone from selling a used LP* -- but the distribution/dissemination of (digital) content can be rather more scrupulously monitored and controlled.You are correct. You purchase the hardware but you only license the software.
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* EDIT and even -- gasp -- making a tape recording of the LP's content before selling it! I know, freakin' criminals, right? I tell ya...