_number8_@lemmy.world to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 8 months agoWhy is it legal to buy and sell used books/discs but illegal to buy and sell used digital files?message-squaremessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1508file-text
arrow-up1508message-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 · 8 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-squarePPQ@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·8 months agoBecause companies have money, and money makes laws.
minus-squarekaty ✨linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agobecause making a legitimate copy of a book is a lot more work
Because companies have money, and money makes laws.
because making a legitimate copy of a book is a lot more work