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Originally Posted by The Flying Mouse
 THat would be the same as buying an album from a shop, copying it onto your PC, and then selling it on.
Two people have the album, one unit has been sold.
You don't need to be an accountant to see that that is bad for business.  |
Well of course I accept that the accountant would prefer there to be 2 sales of new CDs, but the world doesn't entirely work the way the accountants would like
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Originally Posted by Evil Nickname
The thing is that when you buy a CD, all you buy is the plastic thingy, and a license to play the music it contains. You don't actually *buy* the music, just the right to play it. Same with mp3s from Amazon, iTunes, etc.
And that's where it—imo, ianal—gets tricky:
One could argue that since you pay a license, you're free to do whatever you want with the container.
On the other hand, you could argue that since you sell the CD, you no longer have the license to play it's content.
I don't know. |
I think I heard that somewhere. Although you'd think they'd include a copy of the licence so that you know exactly where you stand wouldn't you?