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Originally Posted by Catlady
Which translates to destroying the physical copy if you want to keep ONLY the digital copy.
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Yes, you do indeed have that option.
I assume you mean by that, that you believe in doing so you are destroying a cultural artifact -- as you argued in the other thread.
Well, yes -- you, Catlady, have committed an abomination against this mysterious "culture" thing. That much I am willing to accept from you on faith.
What I don't comprehend is why that should be anyone else's problem.
Or why that gives you the right to gift said LPs to any entity other than a cultural archive. Or sell it to any entity (even a cultural archive).
Gifting/selling it to a friend -- that I regard as a thinly-disguised excuse.
If you are so concerned about culture, you have several options, all legal. For example, you can donate them to the Library of Congress. (Perhaps they already have a copy.
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Also consider -- you own a digital copy, which should be more than adequate to tether said work to reality and thus preserve its cultural value. Why exactly is the LP more cultural than the digital file? For that matter, why are you so sure you own the only extant copy?
The file can be lost/destroyed. But the LP can be as well.