_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-square17fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up12arrow-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-square17fedilinkfile-text
this contradiction always confused me. either way the official company is “losing a sale” and not getting the money, right?
minus-squarefalkerie71@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoPhysical media doesn’t have the luxury of endlessly replicating itself via a simple copy and paste.
Physical media doesn’t have the luxury of endlessly replicating itself via a simple copy and paste.