WooHoo yet another online auction question

slothmeister · 9 May 2006 at 18:51

I know, there's far too many of these nowdays but it's just a quickie.

Im planning on buying a video iPod from here in a few weeks and was thinking of selling my old 3G version, it doesn't hold enough and i want a longer battery life, plus the colour screen and video playback is always nice.

Anyway, i was curious as to whether i am able to sell the old iPod with music already on it? I have about 1600 songs and thought it might push the price up a bit more, however i'm not sure if im breaking copyright laws or whatever.

Your input would be very helpful.

Cheers.

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Feek · 9 May 2006 at 18:52

Of course it's breaking copyright.

K.

basmic · 9 May 2006 at 18:52

I imagine it would raise the final price, significantly.

I've seen silly 20gb hard-drive, advertised as stuffed with videos and MP3s - and they sold sometimes for £40! :eek:

Immsy · 9 May 2006 at 18:53

Of course its breaking copyright law. You would be distributing music without the copyright holders permission. The very fact as to why the RIAA and the rest are trying to get ipods with music on from being listed on ebay.

spirit · 9 May 2006 at 18:54

you can always put a thing at the end saying listing xzy songs whatever assuming you have these songs on cd otherwise you must delete as soon as you recieve said product

something along those lines to cover yourself.

Immsy · 9 May 2006 at 18:54

spirit said:
you can always put a thing at the end saying listing xzy songs whatever assuming you have these songs on cd otherwise you must delete as soon as you recieve said product

something along those lines to cover yourself.

Even then its illegal.

slothmeister · 9 May 2006 at 19:00

cool thanks very much, don't think i'll risk it then.

Feek · 9 May 2006 at 19:05

I bet you still do though

K.

slothmeister · 9 May 2006 at 19:41

Spamalot · 9 May 2006 at 20:03

Feek said:
I bet you still do though

K.

Thats what I thought! People will do anything for a fiver!

iCraig · 9 May 2006 at 20:05

slothmeister said:

eBay will remove it from the listings anyway

A2Z · 10 May 2006 at 01:45

yes its probably illegal in some way or another, but its one of those 'its not really hurting anyone, and everyone does it anyway, so why shouldnt i'

and no they wont remove the listing, if they did then i would have had about 5 auctions removed....

Stocky · 10 May 2006 at 07:38

Why would you not be allowed to sell the iPod with the music you purchased via iTunes? I would have thought it would be like selling all your 8 tracks with an 8 track player no? Perfectly legal :confused:

Mattus · 10 May 2006 at 09:54

Stocky said:
Why would you not be allowed to sell the iPod with the music you purchased via iTunes? I would have thought it would be like selling all your 8 tracks with an 8 track player no? Perfectly legal

To make it equivalent you'd have to sell your iTunes account with it. But I suspect even that is illegal.