[SamAdams76]

I never thought of that. If you sell your CDs, you theoretically (though not necessarily legally) no longer have the right to own digital copies of those CDs.

Paging Freeper lawyers to answer this question.

[general_re]

Legally too - once you sell the CDs, the license to that music goes with the CDs to the new owner. You never really own the music, just a license to listen to it at your convenience, and the license stays with the disc. That's why, if you run over your discs with a steamroller, you have to buy new CDs instead of getting free replacements - you don't own the music, just a piece of plastic and a license to listen. Sell them, and the buyer now has a license to listen to the music, and you don't any more.