Apple Patent Describes iTunes Reselling and Loaning System 97
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timothy
from the on-the-internet dept.
from the on-the-internet dept.
An anonymous reader writes "An Apple patent granted on 7 March details a system allowing customers to resell iTunes and iBooks content to other users at a reduced price, or to loan the content temporarily for free. Such a system could pave the way for second hand content being made available on iTunes for a discounted price." (Note: Beware the auto-playing video ad, with sound.)
Re:finally, some good sense (Score:4, Funny)
Which is why other people have been doing it for years.
Figuring out a different way to do something that Barnes and Nobles (lending econtent for a short time) or everyone else in the entire world already does (right of resale), is not something worth patenting.
It isn't even worth praise.
It's worth a "Finally you idiots figured out what we've been saying!"