Redbook Keeps Surprising

This leads to another consideration--do you prefer to listen to your digital music via files, or do you like to have the physical media playing in your system?  My dealer was playing music via his MacBook into a DAC, and I remarked on how good it sounded.  He said yes--with the reservation that the file may not be as bit perfect as the actual disc. 

Good points, lp2cd.  I have always wondered what the used CD retailer owes to the artist after I have sold them a bag of CDs I no longer enjoy.  The music store will give me anywhere from .25 to $3 for a CD and reject a few, as well.  They then offer me cash or store credit, with 20% off anything purchased. 

So how is a large retailer of used CDs, LPs and DVDs able to buy from me the originals I have purchased new and then stock them for direct resale to someone else?  I don't see them contacting labels and artists to provide them royalties.  In this way, many people are entertained by only one original purchase. This must be unethical, if not a violation of royalty rights.  I have purchased a lot of used CDs and movies, too.   Are these retailers paying into some large royalty pool that is paid out to artists or studios?