Legal & Ethical Questions in the PC Audio Age


I haven't ripped my entire CD collection yet, but I probably will in the near future. And I'll continue to buy CDs until I can download them in Redbook or better quality. I'm wondering about the legal and ethical implications of disposing of physical CDs once I've ripped them.

(I appreciate the value of keeping them around for archival purposes, but let's suppose that I'll want to get rid of some of them.)
drubin

Showing 1 response by timrhu

One question: If stealing is legal, is it still ethical?

Conversely, is breaking the law always unethical? Several examples come to mind but my favorite is this. Years ago when I was in the Air Force and would work those odd shifts that ended at 1 a.m. I would drive home an get caught at traffic lights that seemed eternally red. As there were no other cars in site I would pass through. I broke the law but never felt it was unethical.