@_number8_@lemmy.world to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 11 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 • 11 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@olivebranch@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish38•11 months agoIf they could, they would. Laws aren’t passed because it makes sense, but because they benefit the rich.
minus-square@bartolomeo@suppo.filinkfedilinkEnglish4•11 months ago“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread.” -Anatole France
If they could, they would. Laws aren’t passed because it makes sense, but because they benefit the rich.
“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread.”
-Anatole France