> So once I sell it, if it's still on my hard-drive am I allowed to listen to it in your world? The same is possible with physical media. Analog media can be d

> So once I sell it, if it's still on my hard-drive am I allowed to listen to it in your world? The same is possible with physical media. Analog media can be duplicated with varying levels of loss, digital media can be duplicated with no loss, and then the original item resold. Why must digital files be treated significantly differently, and suddenly DRM is required to even allow legitimate resale? If copyright owners had their way, they’d automatically get a blanket license to everyone’s content, while giving the individual person zero rights. The historical behavior of the industry (all the way back to Thomas Edison) indicates that this would be the case.