Comments on: Local Music Store Supports Piracy

By: Jason Burns

Jason Burns — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:25:23 +0000

@emily: I am not saying that buying back CDs is illegal, what I am saying is Hasting is actively promoting piracy. The concept of buy, burn and return to the store to get your money (or as much as you can get) back is wrong and you would have’t to really try to justify it. Sure you are allowed to make backup copies, but fair use intends you to keep the original you are backing up.

By: emily

emily — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:02:42 +0000

Nope. You don’t get the full, original price of the CD refunded – it works like a pawn shop, where you get at most three or four bucks (if you’re lucky and the CD is very recent- I used to work at Hastings and I’ve bought back CDs from people for a cent. To be fair, it was Ace of Base). If pawn shops buying CDs and DVDs isn’t illegal, then neither is what Hastings is doing.

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Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:07:15 +0000

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By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:18:19 +0000

Sorry, but it actually is. Once you relinquish (i.e. “sell back”) the original disc, you don’t have the right to retain your copies. I’m not saying I agree or support one way or the other, but this is illegal or at least obtusely suggesting customers partake in illegal activity.

By: RE

RE — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 04:44:59 +0000

Copying music for your personal use is not piracy. Copying it and then selling the original back is, unless you destroy the backups you made.

By: S Man

S Man — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:28:45 +0000

Sorry, but copying music for your personal use is not piracy. Remember those funny looking things called cassettes.