larryi buying/selling used lps or cds gives nothing to anyone except the seller, Post Office, and fees such as eBay/PayPal. As always, the entire chain of income must rely on ’new’ releases, in todays formats, which will be freely shared ..... not the same issue, but a Pet Peeve of mine is buying items like used cars, where ’new’ taxes must be paid for items that taxes were originally paid in full at original sale. Now, taxes are collected on used sales on eBay. |
If the seller of a large collection of music that was ripped from CDs also delivered the CDs to the buyer of the collection that would be fine. But, if the seller makes multiple copies of what was ripped, that is a copyright violation. It is "fair use" to take your personal collection and convert it to another medium for your own use, but, you cannot sell or even give away that converted collection. If I made copies by ripping and I gave away the CDs that were copied, that would be a violation too. If I did not did not give away or sell that collection and the recipient wants that music, that person would have to buy that music and that is fair for the artist or the owner of the copyright. |
Qobuz. $12.99 / month, over one half million high resolution albums and millions of red book CD. Indistinguishable from personally owned files (assuming equivalent electronics. Owning files as @yyzsantabarbara said is very ten years ago. |
Yes for music you can buy a moral consciousness cheap by paying Qobuz and the like corporations , even if the musicians receive almost nothing... What about books ? The two important books i read in the last months are so costly that a student in Africa cannot eat for many months or for a year to pay for them... Is it moral to sell them to him instead of giving it to him free ? Dont ask me the answer ... It is IMMORAL to sell them ...Corporations make money not the writer... It is like the so called "vaccines" only rich countries buy them at first and before any poor country can ask for it , anyway they were revealed a medical fraud... Rich people afford a moral standpoint with so much ease... Pay a corporation and all is good in the best of all world 😊 My post is not against you ghdprentice, i know you are a very good man...my post is against corporations... I hate them... |
