Shake

Sony announced last week (or so) that they were going to start charging a fee to access online content of their games if the game was purchased second-hand.
This little bit of info prompted a lengthy conversation in my house about the legality of buying used albums (where the artist and label recieve no money) vs. downloading an album from a torrent site etc. (again, no money)

My question, then, or at least idea for the thread, is not necessarily why one is legal and one isn't, but why one has become such a normal part of society (pawn shops, amazon, ebay, used record stores) and one is still the source of many unnecessary lawsuits against largely young people who just want to hear a good song.

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