_number8_@lemmy.world to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year agoWhy is it legal to buy and sell used books/discs but illegal to buy and sell used digital files?message-squaremessage-square111fedilinkarrow-up1502arrow-down124file-text
arrow-up1478arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square111fedilinkfile-text
this contradiction always confused me. either way the official company is “losing a sale” and not getting the money, right?
minus-squarePPQ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down2·1 year agoBecause companies have money, and money makes laws.
Because companies have money, and money makes laws.