Amazon and Apple Just Made Buying Digital Media a Lot More Attractive

If you spend any time at all buying digital music, movies or other media, you get used to dealing with nonsensical rules about what you can and can't do with the things you bought. But every so often the digital media business surprises you and gets it right.

So here's one of those pleasant surprises: Both Apple and Amazon are going to let their customers share stuff they've bought from their digital storefronts with family members. Just like you can in real life.