CDP's being dumped for hard drive driven units?

It's only illegal and, especially, unethical, if you've made a copy, which is what you are doing when you rip a CD. Think about it. You get full benefit of the license and so does someone else, but the artist gets paid only once. Of course, if you no longer want the music, then you are free to sell or give away the license to someone else. But you can't make a copy first.

I opened a thread on this subject several weeks ago, wondering what the issues and ramification were of the computer audio age. I became convinced that I needed to hang onto my collection.

Of course, keeping the CDs around in case your lose your data is also a good idea.

You get full benefit of the license and so does someone else, but the artist gets paid only once.

What if I have a vinyl copy as well as the CD? Do I get some license contributions back as I paid twice for the license? :)

I agree otherwise, it is morally in a gray zone to sell off CDs while keeping a hard drive copy. Even though the industry doesn't adhere to their own moral rules, this doesn't justify abusing the industry, i.e. keeping files around without at least one own copy.

Drubin
Well... OK.

Everybody that's either duped a CD and gave it as a gift, or went to the library and ripped that CD onto their PC.... Raise your hand... or not.

Also anyone that's bought used CDs... Guilty?

Why yes I am. So as Adlai Stevenson so aptly put it, "I believe in the forgiveness of sin, and the redemption of ignorance." as principles are easier to point to than to follow perfectly.

I sold my Audio Research CD3MkII and replaced it with Apple Mac Mini + 1tb HD, via USB into Bel Canto DAC3.
Sure the CD3MkII was one awesome CD player and I loved it.
But...no regrets. So far so very good.