I agree; although I haven't even bought anything used in over 2 years (I moved from London to North Wales, and there are few used shops and little variety).
It has occurred to me to wonder if anyone has considered what will happen to the second-hand record/CD market if most purchasing is done on the internet. AFAIK, it is illegal/impossible to sell your internet-purchased song to someone else, isn't it? So, second-hand sales would disappear. I'm sure the record labels would love to see this as not only does it assure them of more sales, but they can control way more precisely what is and is not available. And as they appear to be absolute control freaks, this should delight them no end.
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I agree; although I haven't even bought anything used in over 2 years (I moved from London to North Wales, and there are few used shops and little variety).
It has occurred to me to wonder if anyone has considered what will happen to the second-hand record/CD market if most purchasing is done on the internet. AFAIK, it is illegal/impossible to sell your internet-purchased song to someone else, isn't it? So, second-hand sales would disappear. I'm sure the record labels would love to see this as not only does it assure them of more sales, but they can control way more precisely what is and is not available. And as they appear to be absolute control freaks, this should delight them no end.
--dd