_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-up12arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up11arrow-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-squareWindex007@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoDON’T COPY THAT FLOPPY!! This argument is only a “gotcha” if it was permissible use, but it wasn’t, even before CDs.
minus-squarePopShark@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoNot very fun fact: The developer from that video got arrested for cp possession
minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoYou’re totally right, that’s not fun at all!
minus-squareHerbal Gamer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoYou rather had them walk free? /S
DON’T COPY THAT FLOPPY!!
This argument is only a “gotcha” if it was permissible use, but it wasn’t, even before CDs.
Not very fun fact: The developer from that video got arrested for cp possession
You’re totally right, that’s not fun at all!
You rather had them walk free? /S