brjoon1021;212472 Wrote: > Geez, so legally, if one buys a used CD, rips it and then sells the CD > to a used CD store, the ripped copy on the hard disk should be deleted, > no ? > > I wonder if CD and DVD resale is a bit shady too then because one is > purchasing the right to listen to the music (what we determined is the > thing being purchased, not the format) from an entity that is not > giving profits to the artists, label, etc... but is the sole > beneficiary of the profits.
The legal system works here: once you sell a CD, you no longer have rights to the music - so you should delete the rip. CD sale is expressly allowed - you can sell the licence to play the music, but that means that you no longer have it. Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ 'Last.fm group: people who don't listen to any of last.fm's top artists' (http://www.last.fm/group/People+who+don%27t+listen+to+any+of+last.fm%27s+top+artists) SB+, EAR 859, Living Voice Auditorium II plus some other stuff SB3, Shek d2, Ming-Da MC84-C, Harbeth HL-P3ES ------------------------------------------------------------------------ adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36487 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
