Linked by Paul Cesarini on Mon 8th Sep 2003 03:02 UTC
Thanks to a provision in the 1976 Copyright Act, U.S. law allows the first purchaser of copyrighted material (a book, CD, etc) to subsequently re-sell that item without the copyright owner's consent. In this age of online distribution and the budding, halting attempts at legitimizing it, is the the right to re-sell going to be upheld?
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"We all know that is a lie, no one will part with their money. period."
Funny, I just bought the download version of one CD from a website, then went to the artists' website and bought the exact same title in CD form, as a gift for a friend.
Guess that makes me a double "no one." And I will be d*mned if I didn't "preview, evaluate, and pass along good music to others--in the process of buying it."
So much for "no one will part with their money. period."
Some of us are happy to spend cash when we know it is not going into the RIAA's pocket.