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You own it all
You own the plastic and it's contents when you buy the CD. There is no license. Licenses are purely for copying only. As in you are licensed to make X amount of copies. Now a CD could come with a license saying you can make a copy for your computer but I've yet to see that. But the original CD contents you own and you can sell it too.

The key thing to remember is that there are laws saying what you can do with that content. Copyright laws to be specific but they are no differnt that laws that tell you what you can do with guns, cars, houses and such. Those laws don't reduce you the ownership of what you own.

Now is it stealing if you download a song you already own? It would be if it wasn't for fair use but fair use allows for that. This is one of the major reasons they don't sue downloaders. How do you prove they never bought the CD, tape, 8track, LP, or got it off the radio? Thing is you can't.
Posted by: voska   Posted on: 08/23/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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tools should never be blamed for the crime  V Sanders | 08/20/04
P2P , not server!  nomorems | 08/20/04
Whoa a second there  voska | 08/20/04
no no no  V Sanders | 08/21/04
Uploading vs. Copying  AbsolutelyNot | 08/23/04
fair use goes beyond that...  ryusen | 08/23/04
No, don't congratulate yourselves on it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/20/04
Last time I checked..  d_jedi | 08/20/04
Wink, wink, don't do that...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/21/04
can't have it both ways  V Sanders | 08/21/04
Given what teh users do, I say they disregard the EULA  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/22/04
And that's the P2P company's problem.. why?  d_jedi | 08/23/04
wink, wink?  d_jedi | 08/23/04
Why not?  AbsolutelyNot | 08/23/04
Why not  d_jedi | 08/23/04
And you are supporting an illegally maintained monopoly...  Xunil_Sierutuf | 08/23/04
question for you guys  Valis Keogh | 08/20/04
You buy a copy  amicus_curious | 08/21/04
What about the 1960's?  Bill_gates_Is_SATAN | 08/22/04
EULA?  voska | 08/23/04
Check the online stores?  d_jedi | 08/23/04
You own it all  voska | 08/23/04
You miss the point  bugmenot00 | 08/21/04
The man in the middle  amicus_curious | 08/21/04
Really???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/21/04
Kind of a stupid assumption  amicus_curious | 08/21/04
Sorry, stealing is not buying.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/22/04
Stealing in this case is legal  voska | 08/23/04
Interesting how you take an arguement out of context!  B.O.F.H. | 08/22/04
Ok, now that was stupid  voska | 08/23/04
Pirates?  AbsolutelyNot | 08/23/04

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