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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 6 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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[-] M500@lemmy.ml 13 points 6 months ago

I don’t know anyone who didn’t do this.

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Anecdotal evidence isn't evidence.

[-] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 4 points 6 months ago

Anecdotal evidence is literally evidence of one (which disproves "zero" claims). Collections of anecdotal evidences make statistics making your dismissive statement dumb.

I'm adding to the pile. I can name literally over a dozen people in my childhood who copied Discs.

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

Start naming. Organize the names. And their experiences, and start collecting over time, if you wanna go that route. Because otherwise, you're just some random words in the ether.

[-] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 2 points 6 months ago

We are... you have 3 in front of you. Out of the probably 300-400 people who've looked at this thread you've seen 3 people answer affirmatively. You're watching it happen in real time!