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Old 11-26-2009, 09:46 PM   #30
ZacWolf
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Originally Posted by calvin-c View Post
I think it's a practical application of the principal that you don't have a right to a better quality product based on your ownership of a lesser quality one. A poor analogy but, if I buy a scratched & damanged CD at a swap meet for 10 cents, that would be worth $10 if in perfect condition, ownership of that low-quality CD shouldn't give me the right to download a perfect copy of it. I bought it cheap knowing it was damaged, so I didn't buy any right to an undamaged copy.
Interesting, as this concept actually does apply to software... For example, if you buy an older version of something at a yardsale, discount-bin, etc (even if the media is damaged). The "license" is the software not the media, so you can download the full software [often from the manufacturer], but more importantly it gives you access to a newer "upgrade-only" version. I actually do this all the time.

This is the problem it seems that each content "type" seems to have it's own legislation, which suddenly fails in the digital age...
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