![]() ![]() ![]() Basically, this whole focus on “legitimizing” those works is a red herring. And while there may have been some efforts (such as in the Jammie Thomas case and the Joel Tenenbaum case) to establish where certain files came from, those were minor points and wouldn’t be impacted by Music Match. The only lawsuits were really over distribution. ![]() The simple fact of the matter is that once people had these songs on their hard drive, they were effectively legitimized. Beyond that, all the buzz about “legitimizing piracy” is a bunch of hot air. To be honest, I don’t think it’s a big deal, beyond the simple note of surprise that the major labels actually allowed this to happen. Not surprisingly, it’s this aspect of so-called “legitimizing” unauthorized files that seems to be getting so much attention. That’s because it will scan your drive for all tracks - those from iTunes and elsewhere - and make authorized high quality, DRM-free versions of all of those songs available to you on any device “forever.” In theory, this means if you have a lot of unauthorized music, if you pay your $25 and join up, all of those unauthorized tunes become “authorized” via iTunes. In my initial post on Apple’s iTunes-in-the-cloud Music Match offering, I noted the ability to effectively “launder” unauthorized tracks through the service.
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