Why is it legal to buy and sell used books/discs but illegal to buy and sell used digital files? - eviltoast

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

  • @stoly@lemmy.world
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    135 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.