{"id":99554,"date":"2009-11-18T12:35:30","date_gmt":"2009-11-18T17:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lazymanandmoney.com\/?p=2520"},"modified":"2009-11-18T12:35:30","modified_gmt":"2009-11-18T17:35:30","slug":"ipodmeister-trade-your-cds-for-an-ipod-or-iphone%e2%80%a6-legally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/99554","title":{"rendered":"IPodMeister: Trade your CDs for an iPod or iPhone\u2026 legally?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/cheapskate\/\">CNet&#8217;s Cheapskate Blog<\/a> is one of my favorite sites for technology deals and very much a daily read.  They recently had this article on <a href=\"http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-13845_3-10399435-58.html\">iPodMeister<\/a>.  They provide you with the labels for free shipping.  You simply pack up your old CDs and get a new iPod, iPhone, or hard drive.  They&#8217;ll even send you a DVD with all your music back for an additional cost (more CDs).<\/p>\n<p>It sounds interesting, but I have a few questions and so did commenters:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Legality of Keeping Your old <\/b> &#8211; The biggest thought in my mind is that once you sell your CD back to iPodMeister, it&#8217;s probably illegal for you to keep a copy for yourself or use their digitizing service (I use &#8220;probably&#8221; because I&#8217;m not a lawyer.)  If you it were legal to keep copies for yourselves, we&#8217;d just recycle CDs on Craigslist all day.  I&#8217;d pay $2 to get the used the CD and sell it back to someone else for what I paid after I copied it.  The <a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/news\/2007\/05\/record-shops-used-cds-ihre-papieren-bitte.ars\">Right of First Sale was getting a lot of scrutiny in some states<\/a> as far back two and a half years ago.<\/li>\n<li><b>Value for Your CD Collection<\/b> &#8211; One commenter pointed out that you are getting less than a dollar a CD (or less) in value when a pawn shop would give you $1-2.  I&#8217;m not up on the pawn shop market for CDs so I can&#8217;t verify that.<\/li>\n<li><b>Is iPodMeister affiliated with Apple?<\/b> &#8211; Lastly (and least importantly), does iPodMeister have an affiliation with Apple?  I ask only because they give out Apple products and use a derivative of the trademarked Apple iPod name in their name.  Again, I&#8217;m no lawyer, just curious about these kinds of things.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The legality of the digitizing question is the big one for me.  It just doesn&#8217;t seem right.  Yet it seems that <a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/5405462\/ipodmeister-takes-used-cds-dvds-gives-you-ipods\">the Consumerist will interview them and not ask the question.<\/a>  Interestingly though the Consumerist asks for feedback from it&#8217;s readers on the service (largely implying that they don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s a great deal either).<\/p>\n<p>I have a pile of CDs back from my college days (Those BMG and Columbia House &#8220;deals&#8221; really got to me.)  Though I&#8217;ve digitized all my CDs, I save space by putting them in binders and keeping the artwork and jewel case in the attic &#8211; of my old home in Boston.  Because the service requires the artwork and cases, I couldn&#8217;t use it even if I thought it was legal.  Oh well, I think I&#8217;d rather have proof of the official rights to the music anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Related posts:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.lazymanandmoney.com\/dear-iphone-i-love-you-and-your-new-great-price-but\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Dear iPhone: I Love You and Your New Great Price, but&#8230;'>Dear iPhone: I Love You and Your New Great Price, but&#8230;<\/a> <small>&#8230; I still won&#8217;t buy you. I love the screen&#8230;.<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.lazymanandmoney.com\/why-i-dont-buy-digital-media\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Why I Don&#8217;t Buy Digital Media'>Why I Don&#8217;t Buy Digital Media<\/a> <small>[Caution, I&#8217;m going to get on my soapbox for this&#8230;<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.lazymanandmoney.com\/weekend-personal-finance-links-palm-pre-vs-iphone-edition\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Weekend Personal Finance Links (Palm Pre vs. iPhone Edition)'>Weekend Personal Finance Links (Palm Pre vs. iPhone Edition)<\/a> <small>I&#8217;d like to wish all the father&#8217;s out there a&#8230;<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.lazymanandmoney.com\/ask-the-readers-getting-a-contractor-through-angies-list\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Angie&#8217;s List: Any Good?'>Angie&#8217;s List: Any Good?<\/a> <small>Longtime readers know that while I live near San Francisco,&#8230;<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.lazymanandmoney.com\/save-and-make-money-with-an-iphonepalm-pre\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Save (and Make) Money with an iPhone\/Palm Pre?'>Save (and Make) Money with an iPhone\/Palm Pre?<\/a> <small>Conventional personal finance wisdom says that it&#8217;s best to skimp&#8230;<\/small><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/V5Ajy--136A9ijSlhTXP7jSGCKY\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/V5Ajy--136A9ijSlhTXP7jSGCKY\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/V5Ajy--136A9ijSlhTXP7jSGCKY\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/V5Ajy--136A9ijSlhTXP7jSGCKY\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/LazyManAndMoney?a=Bmd1b6y2oJc:XT92FuHKYtc:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/LazyManAndMoney?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/LazyManAndMoney\/~4\/Bmd1b6y2oJc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNet&#8217;s Cheapskate Blog is one of my favorite sites for technology deals and very much a daily read. They recently had this article on iPodMeister. They provide you with the labels for free shipping. You simply pack up your old CDs and get a new iPod, iPhone, or hard drive. 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