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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 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago

Both require a license and that license is revocable in both cases. It's pretty much impossible to enforce the legal use of physical media, so they don't. Rather, they go after those making copies.

If you ever want to REALLY own your media, make sure it is physical.