Lawyers argue over the legality of selling “used MP3s”
The RIAA insists that selling “used MP3s” is illegal. But this does not prevent the emergence of all new sites that are engaged in such a business and are confident in the legality of their activities. The next project is the ReDigi music store, which sells “used MP3s” and even deducts a percentage of the profits in favor of the copyright holders.
The idea seems ridiculous to a normal person, but this idiocy perfectly illustrates the imperfection of the current system of intellectual property legislation.
The work of such sites is based on the assumption that all MP3-files are legally acquired. When a similar project Bopaboo opened a couple of years ago, each user signed a contract with which he certified the legal origin of his files. After that, I uploaded an MP3 collection to the site and could sell an unlimited number of copies.
RIAA lawyers all the time emphasize that illegal copying of an MP3 file equates to “stealing CDs”. Like, digital files are no different from physical media. At the same time, nobody forbids selling used CDs and DVDs, so why not sell used MP3s? What, are digital and physical media considered differently here? It turns out that the RIAA is guided by double standards and equates different types of carriers to each other only when it is profitable for them, but considers them to be completely different when it comes to potential lost profits.
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The ReDigi music store is another challenge to the current legal system and intellectual property laws. It is interesting to see how this ends.
The idea seems ridiculous to a normal person, but this idiocy perfectly illustrates the imperfection of the current system of intellectual property legislation.
The work of such sites is based on the assumption that all MP3-files are legally acquired. When a similar project Bopaboo opened a couple of years ago, each user signed a contract with which he certified the legal origin of his files. After that, I uploaded an MP3 collection to the site and could sell an unlimited number of copies.
RIAA lawyers all the time emphasize that illegal copying of an MP3 file equates to “stealing CDs”. Like, digital files are no different from physical media. At the same time, nobody forbids selling used CDs and DVDs, so why not sell used MP3s? What, are digital and physical media considered differently here? It turns out that the RIAA is guided by double standards and equates different types of carriers to each other only when it is profitable for them, but considers them to be completely different when it comes to potential lost profits.
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The ReDigi music store is another challenge to the current legal system and intellectual property laws. It is interesting to see how this ends.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/114141/
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