Not content to throw up a roadblock at every possible digital transmission of music, the sale of used CD's are now being tightly regulated in Florida and Utah. Is your state next?
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070...eren-bitte.html
A few years ago, I had to make a several hundred mile move in a 4-door Saturn SL-1. Not the ideal situation, I assure you, and naturally, some things had to go. One of those things ended up being my collection of several hundred cd's. I didn't really want to do it, but space was at a premium, so they were sold to a local reseller. I ended up with a decent chunk of change to help finance the move, which helped mitigate the hurt. Fortunately, there are more compact means of storing music these days, so I won't ever need to do that again. . .man, you can cram a whole lot of CD's on a single DVD, even at high variable-bit-rates.
The recording industry does not want any music exchanged without them turning a profit, and that's what happens when a used CD is sold. I'm personally convinced that's a major factor in these regulations: the industry wants to make it harder and less attractive to sell old CD's. If they could do it, I'm sure they'd make it harder to buy them as well, but they can only figure out how to legally hinder one end of the transaction.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070...eren-bitte.html
A few years ago, I had to make a several hundred mile move in a 4-door Saturn SL-1. Not the ideal situation, I assure you, and naturally, some things had to go. One of those things ended up being my collection of several hundred cd's. I didn't really want to do it, but space was at a premium, so they were sold to a local reseller. I ended up with a decent chunk of change to help finance the move, which helped mitigate the hurt. Fortunately, there are more compact means of storing music these days, so I won't ever need to do that again. . .man, you can cram a whole lot of CD's on a single DVD, even at high variable-bit-rates.
The recording industry does not want any music exchanged without them turning a profit, and that's what happens when a used CD is sold. I'm personally convinced that's a major factor in these regulations: the industry wants to make it harder and less attractive to sell old CD's. If they could do it, I'm sure they'd make it harder to buy them as well, but they can only figure out how to legally hinder one end of the transaction.