Denied: Closure of used MP3 store

post from Ubergizmo on 08 February 2012 04:16:06 AM. © Ubergizmo

Back in the days where music did not make the jump to the digital format in a widespread manner, you could sell your old CDs to another person to raise some money for another cause, but with the advent of MP3 files, is it possible to sell an MP3 file to another? There is a truly unique website which allows one to sell pre-loved digital music files, and recently had a federal judge side it when Capitol Records’ request to shut down the site was denied. ReDigi claims that they are a modern-day, used-record store – albeit supporting the digital format fully, letting one buy and sell used MP3s which were picked up legally via iTunes. ReDigi, however, is unable to support digital files that hail from Amazon or those ripped from a CD. (more…)