Now That You've Ripped Your Entire Collection...

The Compact Disc will make a resurgence in the year 2031. Tens of thousands of CD's will be re-issued at which time you will be able to sell your "original" 1st editions as "Hot Stampers" in the CD format and make a killing. This will allow the funds necessary to buy you that $100,000.00 system you always dreamed of way back in 2013.

Congratulations on your awesome system!

US copyright law also stipulates continued ownership of the physical originating copy.

+1 Davt. Not only legally, but ethically.

As already suggested, you can just trash it, or give it to the local "Good Will Store". But if there is any monetary interest, it would be helpful posting your entire collection in detail somewhere, so the interested parties can see it and eventually purchase it.

In any event, you are doomed. If you have already decided to get rid of it, consider the fact that, if you like more your computer audio copy of it, please take in account the inferiority of your previous CD playback.

Bottom line, keep your CD collection because you never know what the future will offer you.

Best wishes,
Alex Peychev

I'm in the process of ripping my CD collection. I don't think I will ever part with the physical discs though, for a number of reasons:

i) If I ever need to rip them again for whatever reason, they are there.

ii) I still need the physical disc if I want to play it in the car, portable player, etc.

iii) If you rip a CD to your computer then sell it, it raises the question of whether you still legally own it.

Plus I just feel more comfortable if I have them. They don't take up that much space and they wouldn't fetch much if I sold them.