@[email protected] 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-square109fedilinkarrow-up1489file-text
arrow-up1489message-squareWhy is it legal to buy and sell used books/discs but illegal to buy and sell used digital files?@[email protected] to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square109fedilinkfile-text
this contradiction always confused me. either way the official company is “losing a sale” and not getting the money, right?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish18•9 months agoBecause companies have money, and money makes laws.
minus-squarekaty ✨linkfedilinkEnglish3•9 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