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Posted by Bartholomew (63.214.83.187) on April 30, 2002 at 21:07:02:

In Reply to: Here's the hole in your argument... posted by froggyTheFrog (9w1) (158.114.92.201) on April 30, 2002 at 15:32:16:

: : Ah, how is buying used items different? Used cars, CD's, etc...the inventors, and copyright holders receive no money from these sales. They are in effect selling the work of others and profiting from it rather than just sharing them. Should used cars and CD's be illegal?

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: Whenever you buy something used, you are buying something the artist or inventor has already been paid for by someone else. You are not robbing nayone of money, because the creator has already recieved their money for the item. (Figuratively... it's more like the company selling it got its share of the money.)

If you sell someone a used CD, they are not going to buy a new CD. The profit that the artist might have made off of the person you gave the CD to, the artist will no longer make.

: Now if you burn the CD and sell it, then you are violating copyright because the artist is not recieving any money off the new item. He was only paid once. Not once + the number of copies made.

If you follow the logic of your preceding paragraph, then you're not doing anything bad to the artist here, either. The artist already received his money for the CD. The other CD's aren't his property.

Here's something for you to ponder. What if you copy a CD for your own use, then sell the original to your friend? By your logic, is OK or not OK?

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: : : Ah, how is buying used items different? Used cars, CD's, etc...the inventors, and copyright holders receive no money from these sales. They are in effect selling the work of others and profiting from it rather than just sharing them. Should used cars and CD's be illegal? : : : : Whenever you buy something used, you are buying something the artist or inventor has already been paid for by someone else. You are not robbing nayone of money, because the creator has already recieved their money for the item. (Figuratively... it's more like the company selling it got its share of the money.) : If you sell someone a used CD, they are not going to buy a new CD. The profit that the artist might have made off of the person you gave the CD to, the artist will no longer make. : : Now if you burn the CD and sell it, then you are violating copyright because the artist is not recieving any money off the new item. He was only paid once. Not once + the number of copies made. : If you follow the logic of your preceding paragraph, then you're not doing anything bad to the artist here, either. The artist already received his money for the CD. The other CD's aren't his property. : : Here's something for you to ponder. What if you copy a CD for your own use, then sell the original to your friend? By your logic, is OK or not OK?

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