this contradiction always confused me. either way the official company is “losing a sale” and not getting the money, right?

  • @[email protected]
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    5110 months ago

    DON’T COPY THAT FLOPPY!!

    This argument is only a “gotcha” if it was permissible use, but it wasn’t, even before CDs.

    • PopShark
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      1210 months ago

      Not very fun fact: The developer from that video got arrested for cp possession

    • @[email protected]
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      410 months ago

      I think you are referring to rules in the USA. In Canada, we have ‘fair dealing’ laws that would allow you to rip your CD and sell it. In part, this is already funded by a levy on blank CDs here.