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I donated some spindles of burned media and programs to Salvation Army expecting they'd throw 'em out. They're selling 'em for $3. (media.kbin.social)

submitted 9 months ago by yukichigai@kbin.social to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[-] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Maybe not? Libraries can lend out pirated media for reasons. Maybe charities can sell it.

Edit: I'm getting downvoted and I'm not sure why. Maybe it was just my library that did this?

[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

I haven't seen a library with software to lend since I was a kid, I used to go and get a ton of games n random software and rip them all lmao. But there was a lawsuit from software companies (ofc, can't have any fun in this world) at some point in the mid 2000s against a library district and it all got pulled. The lawsuit was based on the fact they had to share non-transferable, non-shareable license keys to make it work, which is why we still have movies and console games at libraries, because there's no license key involved.

[-] wren@sopuli.xyz 1 points 9 months ago

Yep, loaning physical media with software isn’t a thing anymore for that exact reason. Any software or digital platform we offer (ancestry, language learning, ebooks, etc) we either have a ‘one copy one user’ licence which essentially functions like a physical copy, we’re directly paying for each time something is accessed, or we have a subscription specifically made for libraries. We can loan out things like Kindles loaded with ebooks that we’ve purchased, but there’s still a grey area with loaning out a tablet that has the major streaming services installed (with accounts paid for by the library), so we haven’t gone down that route yet