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CNET News.com reports that George Hotelling has successfully resold a song he purchased through Apple’s iTunes Music Store, “ending a weeklong exercise he hoped would highlight the legal and technical nuances of emerging digital music services.” Hotelling said he transfered the song to a friend, Keith Elder. “In order to close the deal, Hotelling said he had to transfer control of his entire iTunes Music Store account to Elder.

An Apple executive on Monday downplayed recent questions over the resale policy of songs downloaded from the company’s iTunes Music Store. “Apple’s position is that it is impractical, though perhaps within someone’s rights, to sell music purchased online,” Peter Lowe, Apple’s director of marketing for applications and services, told CNET News.com.