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Why is it legal to buy and sell used books/discs but illegal to buy and sell used digital files? (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by _number8_@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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this contradiction always confused me. either way the official company is "losing a sale" and not getting the money, right?

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[–] KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 31 points 10 months ago (2 children)

which is eyactly why piracy isn't theft.

it can still be a crime, just don't call it what it obviously isn't.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 26 points 10 months ago

It isn't piracy, either. It's filesharing.

See Richard Stallman, "Ending the War on Sharing":

When record companies make a fuss about the danger of "piracy", they're not talking about violent attacks on shipping. What they complain about is the sharing of copies of music, an activity in which millions of people participate in a spirit of cooperation. The term "piracy" is used by record companies to demonize sharing and cooperation by equating them to kidnaping, murder and theft.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It never used to be a crime. Bastard lobbyists!