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Originally Posted by leebase
I disagree with the "right" to resell a digital file. There is no degradation of a digital file and no way to guarantee that someone isn't keeping the file the "sold" nor selling multiple copies. Physical and digital goods are different
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There is indeed degradation of a digital file, but it appears in reverse, as the work required to maintain readability of a work as the digital medium changes formats. Without this conversion work, the file will eventually become useless, unable to be read.
I must say that I believe the act of transcribing a work into a form that is machine readable, either from print to digital or from past digital to future digital adds enough value to the work as to null the previous owner's copyright of the work.
