Word: interregnum
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During the trial, Gertner recognized an "interregnum period," when listeners had no way of purchasing digital media legally before the advent of the iTunes Music Store in 2003. She noted that during this period, "unauthorized use" should be considered "more fair" since there was not yet a ready market in which users could pay for the files...
...Nesson argued that the court should consider the interregnum period to be extended until 2007. From 2003 to 2007, music files purchased online were protected with digital rights management technology, which prevents the files from being converted to different formats and transferred to other listening devices. The difficulty of converting DRM-protected files into different formats sufficiently differentiate these files from DRM-free ones, he said...