gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials » florida legislation http://www.ghacks.net A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:32:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Want to sell used CDs ? Identify yourself !http://www.ghacks.net/2007/05/08/want-to-sell-used-cds-identify-yourself/ http://www.ghacks.net/2007/05/08/want-to-sell-used-cds-identify-yourself/#comments Tue, 08 May 2007 04:38:54 +0000 Martin Brinkmann http://www.ghacks.net/2007/05/08/want-to-sell-used-cds-identify-yourself/ Some states in the land of the free are pushing new legislations which have the purpose to curb the sale of stolen goods but affect you, me and your local used record store more seriously. Let us take Florida as the prime example how things can get really out of control. Stores who sell used CDs have to apply for a permit. Once a customer comes in they have to take his fingerprints (!) and get a copy of one of their documents that can legally identify them.

Stores are only allowed to pay with store credit and not with cash anymore and have to hold them for 30 days before being able to resell them. I don’t think that I’m the only person who thinks this new legislation sounds ridiculous. Especially if you consider that everyone will still be able to sell used CDs on eBay and Amazon without getting fingerprinted in first place.

Utah aims for the same legislation and Rhode Island has another pending one. When will the first record store clerk land in jail for selling used legit CDs ?

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