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Originally Posted by Lemurion
The point I was aiming at was that due to the nature of digital content, the concept of "used goods" no longer applies. Resold digital content is just as "new" as the original purchaser's copy. Digital content is digital content: it's neither new nor used, it just is.
You can't sell "used food" because it's no longer food - and you can't sell "used digital content" because it's no longer "used."
The problem is that people are trying to deal with digital content according to existing paradigms that simply don't apply. I don't think any of this will be resolved until we have a new paradigm which does take into account the fundamentally different nature of digital content in comparison to physical media.
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How about second hand digital content? Vintage digital content? Pre-owned digital content? Heirloom digital content?