DrBenway sends us to Ars Technica for a report that Florida and Utah have placed draconian restrictions on the sale of used music CDs; Wisconsin and Rhode Island may soon follow suit. In Florida, stores have to hold on to CDs for 30 days before they can sell them — for store credit only, not cash. Quoting: “No, you won’t spend any time in jail, but you’ll certainly feel like a criminal once the local record shop makes copies of all of your identifying information and even collects your fingerprints. Such is the state of affairs in Florida, which now has the dubious distinction of being so anal about the sale of used music CDs that record shops there are starting to get out of the business of dealing with used content because they don’t want to pay a $10,000 bond for the ‘right’ to treat their customers like criminals.”

(Excuse me but a person buying a used CD should not have the same restricions as one that is buy a firearm for goodness sake. Seems that the paranoid actions of our fearless leader are now rubbing off on the Business’s and State goverments, this is just a tad over kill if you ask me,Baldy)

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Source: Two US States Restrict Used CD Sales