@_number8_@lemmy.world to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 10 months agoWhy is it legal to buy and sell used books/discs but illegal to buy and sell used digital files?message-square123fedilinkarrow-up1517arrow-down126file-text
arrow-up1491arrow-down1message-squareWhy is it legal to buy and sell used books/discs but illegal to buy and sell used digital files?@_number8_@lemmy.world to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 10 months agomessage-square123fedilinkfile-text
this contradiction always confused me. either way the official company is “losing a sale” and not getting the money, right?
minus-square@RandomCookie420@eviltoast.orglinkfedilinkEnglish44•10 months agoBecause 🤡 (there is no actual reason)
minus-square@jabathekek@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish43•10 months agoAhem actually it’s because 🤑 💰 💸
Because 🤡
(there is no actual reason)
Ahem actually it’s because 🤑 💰 💸
…of the greedy industry, not the artists