I wonder what kind of music Bruce Willis listens to. Part of me likes to think it’s something along the lines of Beyonce and Doja Cat. But, anyway, that’s the beyond that point.
Generally, when you purchase music physically or digitally, you have a license to listen to the music. That’s it. You don’t own it, you can’t make unauthorized copies, you can share them with others, and you certainly can’t sell them without permission. This rule extends to music through Amazon as its terms and conditions for music downloads explicitly prohibit you from “selling, distributing, or making any commercial use of” the music files.”
Going through the examples, nothing stops Willis from buying a physical copy of the CD and giving it to his daughter. That’s totally fine as long as he gives her the copy he bought and not a copy he made illegally. That is the only example where Willis can legally give his daughter access to the music. However, when the music turns from a physical CD to a digital file is where it can get messy.
For example, Willis cannot rip the CD into MP3s and give it to his daughter. Nor can he simply buys a digital album from Amazon’s store and send it to his daughter via email. As this is also explicitly barred by Amazon’s terms of service. Further, Amazon’s terms would prohibit him from giving Rumer the password to his Amazon account to download a copy herself.
It’s also worth noting that Willis deleting the MP3s from his computer after sending them to Rumer does not negate any legal responsibility he may have for sharing the music, as he has already violated Amazon’s terms.
All in all, while Willis is allowed to give his daughter his physical CD copy, that is where it stops. He is severely limited in what he can legally do to share the music with his daughter. He cannot make physical or digital copies of the CD or give her his Amazon password without violating Amazon’s terms of service.
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