Even if you bought the physical CDs of someone who has ripped his collection to a hard drive, that would still be a copyright violation. The person buying the CD has a right to the use of the content on the CD, including ripping it to a hard drive for his own convenience. But, when he sells the CD, he would have to delete the files associated with the sold CDs to be compliant. It is simple--there was only one purchase of the right to the content, there cannot now be two different owners of the right to use the content unless there is a second purchase of the right from the holder of the copyright.
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