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."

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[iminplaya]

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Re:Why do people think Pawn Shops buy stolen goods

[crabpeople]

You know thats atypical right? A friend of mine used to be addicted to heroin very badly. Him and his buddies would sell stuff daily to pawnshops. He even went so far as to brag that half the inventory of the shoppe was courtesy of him and his friends.

Go to any bad part of town and you can see for yourself tweakers selling decks for five or ten dollars. Its rampent where Im from. Drugs are more important than getting caught, especially if you have 'no fixed address' like most street people.

Re:No torches, same voting.

[rbilli]

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