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Originally Posted by tompe
But the CD market is pretty dead (or ought to be) and buying a CD collection is just a special interest. So why is it unethical to rip your music and sell the CD collection? The value on the CD collections it the covers and inlets and that you are selling.
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I don't think that the CD market is dead at all, and I'm sure that most people buying CDs are buying them for the content, not to obtain covers and inserts for material that they already own legally.
I accept that the CD market is in decline, but it's hardly dead yet. Why "ought" it to be dead? I suppose that I might accept that if digital downloads were available at the same quality - as a bit of an unnecessary waste. Is that what you meant?
Still, I like CDs, even though I don't own a CD player (except in computer equipment). I like them as a (reasonably) high quality medium, a back up, and a license token.