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Originally Posted by bill_mchale
Well, buying second hand CDs is still buying copies for which a royalty has been paid.
As for having driven the development of the Pirate scene... I just don't see it. I have seen lots of people claim it has, but not a lot of evidence to say that it has.
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I've seen a dozen socilolgical studies that expound on it.
And from a revenue point, someone who only buys second hand CDs is absolutely identical to someone who only downloads unauthorised copies. (and indeed, may be worse, because they exert a more direct downward pressure on the price of CD's)
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if you knowingly take possession of stolen property, in most areas, you have committed a crime
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What does that have to do with unauthorised copying? Theft laws in the vast majority of countries, including the US and UK, require certain elements not present in unauthorised copying, willful or not. Even unauthorised copying for-profit, a criminal offence, is not under
theft.