Reselling mp3's (like you would old unwanted vinyl)

kristofason · Post by **kristofason** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 7:25 pm

A hypothetical question:
Say a person has mp3's which they have bought in the past and no longer listen to or want, can these be resold like vinyl or cd's without the seller being under the suspicion of breaking the law ?

infernal.techno · Post by **infernal.techno** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 7:31 pm

uh...don't think so.

LouisVee · Post by **LouisVee** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 9:02 pm

The seller could sell his mp3 to a lot of people...

oblioblioblio · Post by **oblioblioblio** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 9:05 pm

there's no reason why you couldn't legally speaking.

I've spent a lot of money on mp3s and it's the same as physical media... you're paying for a personal license to that piece of music, which you should legally be able to sell.

But yeah, digital is a bit of a wasteland... most people using p2p/torrents and record labels arsey about it.

So, imo, you should be able to, but for reasons mentioned above it probably won't work.

roland · Post by **roland** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 9:07 pm

kristofason wrote:A hypothetical question:
Say a person has mp3's which they have bought in the past and no longer listen to or want, can these be resold like vinyl or cd's without the seller being under the suspicion of breaking the law ?

yes, tho only with the buyer under the suspicion of being an idiot..

honestly tho why shouldn't he be allowed to do so?

Themis · Post by **Themis** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 10:45 pm

its not exactly forbidden, but its also not really allowed

google for "bopaboo" that was a mp3 store who selled used mp3s.

but i think it was closed cause of legal troubles

also shops like beatport would be out of buisness if a resale shop would open

infernal.techno · Post by **infernal.techno** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 1:27 am

how would you price a "used" file? it's not like the product actually shows any sign of wear and tear over the years. you paid 99 cents for the file and you want to sell it for 50?

and who's to say that once you sell somebody files that you don't just keep the files and transfer the data? you are not giving somebody tangible media in return for money. you are making money off of trading information.

you cannot sell files. a file is not the same as physical media.

oblioblioblio · Post by **oblioblioblio** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 1:43 am

you can sell a license to a piece of software. (unless the manufacturer is a cnt)

Selling media in digital form could easily take this into account, and issue a license which was registered to a specific person, and this license could be transferred to a new owner.

It would require trust and some way to manage it properly (VST resale has some good exmaples of how this can be managed).

But a file IS the same as physical media... it is a license to use the property/product for personal use.... whther it's contained on a file or a disc is not significant.

Reselling mp3's (like you would old unwanted vinyl)

Reselling mp3's (like you would old unwanted vinyl)

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