_number8_@lemmy.world to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 9 months agoWhy is it legal to buy and sell used books/discs but illegal to buy and sell used digital files?message-squaremessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up1203arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1195arrow-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 · 9 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-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoWhat about physical media containing digital data, e.g. a CD?
minus-squareJojo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·9 months agoIt’s technically illegal to make a copy of that data for yourself and then to sell the original (while keeping the copy). That obviously doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen, but…
What about physical media containing digital data, e.g. a CD?
It’s technically illegal to make a copy of that data for yourself and then to sell the original (while keeping the copy). That obviously doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen, but…