TheLastMan;696473 Wrote: > That is no different from just buying the CD and then selling it without > ever having ripped it, which is perfectly legal. > > You don't own the music, you own the carrier. The point of all this > legislation is to prevent people from listening to music without > royalties going to the record company, musician and their > representatives. > > In the UK in the past it was technically illegal to make a copy of an > LP on cassette tape. However recently it was made legal to rip a CD for > personal use on a portable player. This was a concession to the fact > that one person is unlikely to want to listen to the CD and MP3 rip > simultaneously. > > However you are (technically) in breach of this if you have a copy on > your portable player AND a copy on a server to be played on a > Squeezebox which could be listened to by others while you are listening > to the same recording on your iPod somewhere else, and a third person is > listening to your original CD in yet another location as well. > > Is it legal to own a ripped copy of an album having sold the original > carrier? The answer in most jurisdictions is no, this is because you > are essentially allowing one recording to be used by two people at the > same time and (crucially) in different places with only one of them > having paid a royalty. > > This is something that could be propagated ad infinitum if each new > owner of a CD rips it and sells it on. Theoretically one CD sale, and > one royalty payment to the musician, could result in numerous ripped > copies of the music. > > In practice the "buy CD, rip it, sell CD" strategy is unlikely to lead > you to be prosecuted unless you make a business out of it in some way. > At best this strategy will just reduce the cost of ownership as few > CDs, if any, will be sold at a profit. > > To sell a CD you would be paying for: > - ebay listing > - packaging > - postage > In the UK that lot will cost you around £2.50. > > The worst is that in order to guarantee a sale you would probably need > to significantly under-cut the "market" price, otherwise a recording > might not sell and you would need to re-list it at further cost. > > You might consider this worthwhile for a rare and expensive recording. > But as decent second hand copies of most CDs can be bought for £3-£5 > few would find it worth the time and aggravation.
it may be worth the time and effort to sell a complete collection , not one disc at the time . On the other hand your not going to get much . Popular selections are available free online . Not so popular "old peoples music" :) is often sold whole sale when someone dies and it is often the same old chestnuts from everyone so also low in price. I sold my complete LP collection I did not get much for it , in hindsight I should have kept it even if I don't use it. I keep my CD's as collectibles -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (in storage SB3, reciever ,controller ) http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80369
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