_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-squareShortN0te@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoIirc there was an online ebook market in the Netherlands where you could resell your ebooks. This was deemed illegal because there is no way to guarantee the seller has deleted his own copy after it was sold.
Iirc there was an online ebook market in the Netherlands where you could resell your ebooks. This was deemed illegal because there is no way to guarantee the seller has deleted his own copy after it was sold.