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Why is it legal to buy and sell used books/discs but illegal to buy and sell used digital files? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by _number8_@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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this contradiction always confused me. either way the official company is "losing a sale" and not getting the money, right?

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[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

And that's why you don't own digital media but only a "usage license", because the original owner still has the original? Isn't it then fraudulent if the shops sell you the media, despite it being only a license? And shouldn't that be cheaper then?

Well, anyway, harr harr.