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Two US States Restrict Used CD Sales
DrBenway sends us to Ars Technica for a report that Florida and Utah have placed draconian restrictions on the sale of used music CDs; Wisconsin and Rhode Island may soon follow suit. In Florida, stores have to hold on to CDs for 30 days before they can sell them — for store credit only, not cash. Quoting: "No, you won't spend any time in jail, but you'll certainly feel like a criminal once the local record shop makes copies of all of your identifying information and even collects your fingerprints. Such is the state of affairs in Florida, which now has the dubious distinction of being so anal about the sale of used music CDs that record shops there are starting to get out of the business of dealing with used content because they don't want to pay a $10,000 bond for the 'right' to treat their customers like criminals."
Makes me glad I live in New York, where there are used CD stores everywhere and the stoned counterperson barely notices you.
Hey! Is this first post? I think it is! Umm... W00t?
NO CARRIER
Thank god for these laws. I was out of control!
"Common sense will be the death of us all"
I though these were CDs, not guns!
If you believe in privacy, and believe you have "nothing to hide" at the same time, you're a goddammed idiot
They want your money any way they can get it. Inaccurate. They want your money every way they can get it.
Shut up. You'll give them ideas.
If only there were some way to turn the RIAA and the MPAA against ... the NRA.
Guys, we have our game plan from here on out.
I don't know where you get your MP3s, but all of the ones I download for free are brand new copies.
I AGREE COMPLETELY!!!
First those Republicans required those Parental Advisory stickers on CDs, then that Republican President signed the DMCA in law, now this. If those Republicans keep this up I'm moving to France!
I heard a rumor that there is actually a place where you can BORROW CD's without PAYING for them and it is usually supported by taxpayer dollars and local cities and states! I also hear that you can borrow 'books' and read them and return them without paying a single royalty to the author.
//sigh//
WHEN will the agencies crack down on this atrocity!
Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals... except the weasel. -
Why does Slashdot only report only bad legislative news? Why don't they report all the good news? It's just like Iraq: the liberal media only focuses on the few (dozen) bombs that go off every day, while ignoring all the good news that is overflowing from there.
Why doesn't Slashdot report all the good news? Like the PATRIOT Act, and the USA Act (I am no lawyer so I haven't read them, but the names really tell me all I need to know). I am sick of people acting as if politicians don't always look after my best interests.
If you commies don't like our system, why don't you all go live in Afghanistan?!
Lies about crimes
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, there is a loophole! Unfortunately, the law applies to retailers only! People can go to a CD swap meet or a flea-market and freely buy and sell CDs directly with other people; a process known as "person to person" in the parlance of the common folk; all (and I can't state this emphatically enough) without the benefit of oversight by the Recording and Music Industry, and the benevolent guidance of our friends therein! Intolerable! CD shows are wild-west open-air bizarres where rogue CD and DVD owners snicker at the laws and exchange used entertainment media as if they owned it! This outrageous behavior must be brought under control!
I did, ladies and gentlemen, mention the "person to person" aspect. May I remind my esteemed colleagues about the known threat to our families, our schools, our re-election financing, and our very way of life by the criminals, perverts, and terrorists that use these so-called "P2P" computer programs to exchange copyrighted material, 93% of which is pornography, over the computerized internet tube. Hooligans, drug-users one and all, and of the same ilk as these CD swappers!
I say it's high time we closed this loophole, and bring peace, justice, and accountability to these havens of immorality. The lash of reason must be brought to bear, and the firm hand of democracy must crush this evil trend before it destroys all that we have labored so hard to impose.
The Russians have won. They have made the world a cesspool of distrust, greed, fear and hate.
Weird. I had my house broken into abbout a dozen years ago. Among other things, they stole a portable CD player, but actually removed the CD from it and left it where the player had been. I guess they didn't like Bruce Hornsby...
Ooh, a sarcasm detector. Oh, that's a real useful invention.
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You're welcome to store them at my place. Let me know and I'll send you my shipping address. Also if you lose your HD or something you can come by and listen to them any time you like.
I read Usenet for the articles.
Ha Ha!
Oh shit, that was YOUR player? Sorry dude, Hornsby just don't do it for me... :)