_number8_@lemmy.world to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 8 months agoWhy is it legal to buy and sell used books/discs but illegal to buy and sell used digital files?message-squaremessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up1202arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1194arrow-down1message-squareWhy is it legal to buy and sell used books/discs but illegal to buy and sell used digital files?_number8_@lemmy.world to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square81fedilinkfile-text
this contradiction always confused me. either way the official company is “losing a sale” and not getting the money, right?
minus-squareOka@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down5·8 months agoIn a way, NFTs were supposed to solve this.
minus-squaresoren446@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·8 months agoThat was the only argument about NFTs that seemed interesting. But instead we got stupid cartoon monkeys.
minus-squarefkn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoNfts, digital tokens, already exist. Their use, in the protection of copyright, is called drm. “Nfts” bring nothing new to the table of digital rights or copyright… And a whole host of stupidity.
In a way, NFTs were supposed to solve this.
That was the only argument about NFTs that seemed interesting. But instead we got stupid cartoon monkeys.
Nfts, digital tokens, already exist. Their use, in the protection of copyright, is called drm. “Nfts” bring nothing new to the table of digital rights or copyright… And a whole host of stupidity.