_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-square95fedilinkarrow-up1509file-text
arrow-up1509message-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-square95fedilinkfile-text
this contradiction always confused me. either way the official company is “losing a sale” and not getting the money, right?
minus-squarenooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·9 months agoLegally speaking you don’t own the digital files, you have a license but you don’t actually own it.
minus-squareBolexForSoup@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoThat is no different with CDs, DVDs, etc. It’s written on all of them. It’s a limited license, which is why you can’t host screenings and charge people with your physical media.
Legally speaking you don’t own the digital files, you have a license but you don’t actually own it.
That is no different with CDs, DVDs, etc. It’s written on all of them. It’s a limited license, which is why you can’t host screenings and charge people with your physical media.