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SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

I own comic books. I have the right to sell them. Some of them are rather pricey on ebay.
Am I entitled to compensation for the duplicator not buying my copy?
Am I entitled to compensation for decrease in value now that my copy is slightly less rare?

You own the physical copy, you don't own the intellectual property. You're free to sell your physical copy, you're not entitled to copy that copy and sell that copy. This isn't that hard.

If you were to actually own the copyright for that comic, you would be paying far more than than the cover price or aftermarket. But if you did somehow own the copyright, then you could sell copies and sue people who sell copies without your permission.

SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

That's not a requirement that adji put forth.

So to bring back your insurance argument, you're basically suggesting if somebody broke into an apartment where you were storing something for a friend, you should be personally compensated for that lost property instead of the friend? Because why?

SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

Think of it this way. A group of people get together to watch a movie. Only one of them owns the blu-ray. Regarding everyone in the group that is not that person the media is being consumed without paying for it. What is wrong about this?

Think of it this way. A guy charged a group of people to watch a movie on a BR he owned. He'd be breaking the fucking law because that explicitly goes against the copyright.

Likewise if he copied the disc, he'd be breaking the law because that violates copyright law.

And if he gave away or sold the copies of that movie, he'd be breaking the law even harder.

When you buy a BR, you buy a non-exclusive physical copy containing the copyrighted material. You do not buy the copyright to that material. The copyright is still owned by somebody, and they're the only ones who can legally choose to sell the film or authorize the sale of the film.

And by the way, these laws are the only reason we have most movies, games, etc, today. The industry couldn't exist without copyrights (at least not in the past; today technically you could move to a crowdfunded model, and the entry barriers are so low that hobbyists can create films, games, etc. In fact, even the book industry wouldn't have existed without copyrights in the past, but now it technically can)

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