Why is it legal to buy and sell used books/discs but illegal to buy and sell used digital files?

_number8_@lemmy.world to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com – 484 points –

this contradiction always confused me. either way the official company is "losing a sale" and not getting the money, right?

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