▲ 491 ▼ Why is it legal to buy and sell used books/discs but illegal to buy and sell used digital files? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by _number8_@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 122 comments fedilink hide all child comments this contradiction always confused me. either way the official company is "losing a sale" and not getting the money, right?
[–] crossmr@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) It is tested. In court. https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2012-07/cp120094en.pdf permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 points 2 years ago That's software, and frankly until you can transfer a played game to somebody else in Steam, it's not something that is enforced. They cannot "oppose it" according to that, but you cannot do it. But buying a digital movie from Amazon or Sony? They can take that away. Haven't heard a peep from the EU on it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 points 2 years ago That's software, and frankly until you can transfer a played game to somebody else in Steam, it's not something that is enforced. They cannot "oppose it" according to that, but you cannot do it. But buying a digital movie from Amazon or Sony? They can take that away. Haven't heard a peep from the EU on it. permalink fedilink source parent