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."

Comments

Re:CDs are more dangerous than GUNS???

[0xdeadbeef]

Brady would like to have records of every time any firearm is touched by a human being, with DNA records attached, and under realtime surveillance.

I hear they've got castration on the table as well. You'd better go hide!

Re:this does NOT suck

[johnlcallaway]

"Those who utilize trite sayings from famous people have no worthwhile thoughts of their own" -- me

Re:This law would have mattered...

[Library Spoff]

Wow you're *so* fuckin' modern.
Here's the thing - lot's of people like the sleevenotes/covers, physically owning the medium etc etc.

Re:this does NOT suck

[johnlcallaway]

Wow ... I bet you could also have parroted the 'You are either with us, or against us' quote and saved yourself a lot of typing.