24k worth of content licenses.
Worth is the wrong word. The licenses aren't worth anything. I'm sure the ToS explains that, but even if it doesn't: if you can't sell something to another person for money then it has no value.
Apple did something, but there has to be a better way to formulate the complaint (than the way the article puts it; no idea about lawsuit)
Yeah, that was the point, licenses are garbage. Just an agreement. He never had the media in the first place. If he did, only fire, theft, or deletion off his hard drive would make him lose it. Lesson learned?
Licenses are not entirely garbage. They grant you a license to use something. Apple is a turd for saying that they can revoke the license without reason at any time. Licenses can be less ridiculous than what Apple offers, but at the same time, creators are not going to offer you ownership of content for 5 dollars. Even if you had the media, a license could be revoked to the extent that an enforceable contract between you want the licensor says so. I think the question here is whether Apple's contract, which offers nothing definitive to the licensee, is valid.
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