"AZ Nomad" wrote in message
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On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 04:31:29 -0700, ^^indifference^^
wheredothebirdsgowhenitrains wrote:



"Robert Morein" wrote in message
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"Walter Traprock" wrote in message
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Aren't we all very concerned with the issue of piracy, and how the
record labels are dying from internet file sharing? Aren't owning
and
trading used recordings a form of piracy, as it steals sales from the
artists? Shouldn't we destroy our out-of-print albums as possessing
such is akin spiritually to bald-faced theft of potential cd sales?

It is not illegal.
This is a really, really, lousy troll.
You can do better.



He makes a valid point. Why is it illegal to give away something via file
sharing but legal to sell a used record or cd?


file sharing isn't a transfer of property. It is an unlicensed
duplication.
If it involved destruction of your original copy, then you might have a
valid point.

Why is it legal to sell blank tapes and cd's then?