Alec Baldwins Ipod On Ebay

[DAME]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 12:03pm

Well.. at least you know he didn't use it at the gym..

Alecs Ipod

Updated On: 6/30/06 at 12:03 PM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 12:04pm

"at least you know he didn't use it at the gym.."

I wish he'd treat you like a wall at the Roundabout.

[DAME]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 12:06pm

I would like that!

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 12:07pm

Then it would be win-win.

[DAME]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 12:07pm

Yes it would.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 12:09pm

Is it loaded with showtunes?

[DAME]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 12:10pm

No. Read the advertisement. It tells you what it has.

[wyou17]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 12:26pm

I remember reading awhile back about the legal issues of this. Selling a loaded iPod is no more legal than downloading free mp3s, since there is no way to prove the music was legally optained. The listing mentions nothing about permission from the copyright holders of the music being advertised as on the iPod.

The link is to an article where an eBay representativeis quoted about this issue...

[DAME]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 12:28pm

Hmm. That makes no sense. It is the same like if I had 10 cd's and decided to get rid of them by selling them. They are mine. I could do with them as I please.

Updated On: 6/30/06 at 12:28 PM

[beacon1]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 12:30pm

Is Alec giving this away...or did someone "find" it and decide not to return it?

[wyou17]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 12:35pm

The issue is not the same as owning a CD and then selling it.

If this were legal, nothing would stop someone from uploading thousands of songs, selling the iPod at a premium price, and keeping all of their CDs. They could then upload those CDs to ANOTHER iPod and sell that. Since they are making more money on loaded iPods than they would on empty ones, the issue is more comparable to selling COPYS of your CDs and keeping the originals. Selling copies for a profit has never been within the legal rights of a CD owner...

[DAME]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 12:52pm

But the ipod is being sold for way below cost. And if the songs on it were all purchased.. then it is the owners to do with as they please. ( at least that is my opinion.. legal or not)

[wyou17]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 1:06pm

I recognize your opinion. I'm not exactly sure how I feel about it either personally. But I do see how it could be easily exploited as a money making scheme by people using it as a "copyright loophole" to sell infinite copies of music that they have no legal claim to ifthe issue isn't clearly addressed.

If I have a CD and make copies of it and sell each copy for $5, I'm making pure profit, and retaining my CD. This is clearly not legal. Same principle with the 'Pods. Loaded iPods (it appears) routinely sell for more than the average iPod sells for. In other words, people are willing to pay a bit more for an iPod full of music they now don't need to buy. It is the fact that the iPods are being advertised as "loaded". The sellers realize that it is the music and materials on the iPod are the draw of the sale.

My confusion comes from the fact that eBay seems to have already made public statements about their stance on the issue, so this is really already an established matter of company policy, isn't it?

[EvelynNesbit1906]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 1:11pm

I love this man. In fact, I just finished admiring his very broad frame!

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 1:29pm

I was just kidding about the showtunes.

[DAME]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 1:48pm

I just want to take a nap on his hairy chest.

Updated On: 6/30/06 at 01:48 PM

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 1:54pm

I might bid on the underwear he wore in "Married to the Mob."

[Dollypop]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 2:01pm

How do we know that this is, indeed, Alec's Ipod? The seller is located in Virginia.

[DAME]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 2:04pm

I guess he could be sued if it is not.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 2:20pm

aw, does the moron need money?

[DAME]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 2:21pm

Why would you call him a moron?

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 2:29pm

I just want to know if "You Are Worthless Alec Baldwin" from Team America is on there. I know it's on mine.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 2:32pm

maybe Dame as historically the Baldwin boys are homophobes, and not too nice to women in general

[katygrace84]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 2:32pm

For some reason I get the idea that this didn't belong to THE Alec Baldwin, but rather someone else named Alec Baldwin. Or this seller could have had his name engraved on the back of the ipod, figuring that he would get more money out of it that way.

In any case, something tell me that "Batdance" isn't on it.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 6/30/06 at 2:40pm

Vicki Vale...
Vicki Vale...
I like....
BATMAN!!!


Haven't thought about that in years.