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bitemeok · 08-31-2010, 01:50 PM

Not sure if this is the right thread to add this to, but...

I'm curious about the legality of doing with books what some record dealers do with out-of-print LPs, which is to sell a digital copy (on CD) along with the vinyl LP. They charge (a lot) for the service of making the copy, but as far as I know no one has challenged their ability to do so. The record companies own rights to 10,000's of recordings that they have no intention of ever making available again in any format ( I believe the same is likely true for publishers), and so for people unwilling to purchase a vinyl record and make a digital copy on their own there is the possibility of buying the two together.

08-31-2010, 01:50 PM	#194
bitemeok Connoisseur Posts: 55 Karma: 42 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Silver Spring, MD Device: Sony PRS-300	Not sure if this is the right thread to add this to, but... I'm curious about the legality of doing with books what some record dealers do with out-of-print LPs, which is to sell a digital copy (on CD) along with the vinyl LP. They charge (a lot) for the service of making the copy, but as far as I know no one has challenged their ability to do so. The record companies own rights to 10,000's of recordings that they have no intention of ever making available again in any format ( I believe the same is likely true for publishers), and so for people unwilling to purchase a vinyl record and make a digital copy on their own there is the possibility of buying the two together.