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02-23-2010, 11:48 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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Downloading Vs. Buying used
Sony announced last week (or so) that they were going to start charging a fee to access online content of their games if the game was purchased second-hand.
This little bit of info prompted a lengthy conversation in my house about the legality of buying used albums (where the artist and label recieve no money) vs. downloading an album from a torrent site etc. (again, no money) My question, then, or at least idea for the thread, is not necessarily why one is legal and one isn't, but why one has become such a normal part of society (pawn shops, amazon, ebay, used record stores) and one is still the source of many unnecessary lawsuits against largely young people who just want to hear a good song.
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02-23-2010, 01:16 PM | #2 (permalink) |
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a physical CD has but one owner at a time. once it is purchased, it may be re-sold a few times before it dies, but most CDs on the planet have only had a few owners. so if you single out 10,000 people who have owned a particular album, you've got at least 7,000 original purchases, and probably more than that.
digital is completely different. a single CD can be purchased, then disseminated to 10,000 people who don't pay a dime for their copy. see the difference?
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02-23-2010, 01:17 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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Simply put: Because one is a physical product and one is not. When buying/selling a used CD, there is no assumption about whether or not the previous owner is still using the music or not. So all it is is a product that anyone in possession of it can choose to sell.
I buy most of my CDs used and yes I feel bad that the artist isn't getting paid, but at least I'm buying something that someone else somewhere paid for and at some point the artist was supported. Not an mp3 that maybe came from a CD 10,000 people back. Or came from a demo leak that no one bought. But really it's more about me wanting the physical copy and not just the mp3s.
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02-23-2010, 01:19 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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If it was up to the music industry they'd make selling second hand albums illegal.
And don't think they've not tried to in the past.
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02-23-2010, 01:26 PM | #5 (permalink) |
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OH yeah, I know. I've worked in record stores the majority of my teenage and adult life. I remeber a time when they were tyring to get us to PAY to play an artists music in the store!
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I purchase almost all my music from independent record stores so I don't feel too bad when half of them are secondhand when the money is still going to support independent retailers.
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And yeah it's insane how they've tried to make used CD sales illegal, and trying to charge stores for playing music in stores. LOL. You want to promote our music? That'll cost ya! Hahaha.
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02-23-2010, 01:41 PM | #8 (permalink) |
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As shocking as that should be out of sheer cheek I have to say that doesn't surprise me in the slightest.
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