What to do with old CDs

[Rob tolfts]

About a year ago I uploaded all my CDs to the cloud. I now have two boxes full of CDs I no longer use.

What can I do with them? I'm conscious that as I still have access to listen to the music, I can't legally sell/donate them (unless I'm mistaken?)

[peckham_ryu]

You can legally sell them. It's just the continued listening to the tracks that would be a matter for your conscience :)

[natty01295]

Charity shops Will Not accept them ( Only Real Genuine Cds )

Re-Cycle them all

[natty01295]

Sorry Own pre recorded Are not welcome in charity shops

NOT - Pre recorded cds charity shops will not Accept any

RE-CYCLE them is best

[nxjen]

Southwark Council recycle them. If you can get up to Sainsburys within the next hour the mobile recycling unit is there now. I've just taken a load of CDs there myself.

[titch juicy]

Why won't charity shops accept them? I've bought CDs from charity shops before.

Music Magpie will take them off you. You might only get 15p per cd, but they'll collect them.

[Jah Lush]

Give 'em to Freecycle. Someone might want them.

Or you could offer them in the For Sale Items Offered section on the forum.

[uncleglen]

Ziffit will buy cds books dvds computer games- again very little money but parcel them up and take to a collect + point (bottom of Barry Road)free collection

[Sue]

Rob tolfts Wrote:

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> About a year ago I uploaded all my CDs to the

> cloud. I now have two boxes full of CDs I no

> longer use.

>

Two boxes? I've got about six crates :)) :)) :))

[Rob tolfts]

I guess I could argue that there are a fair number I bought in the early nineties I'm probably not going to listen to anymore, and keep the ones I might so won't infringe the licensing.

We used Sky movies a few times & you could buy a DVD to stream immediately, but they then posted you the DVD of the film you'd already watched to satisfy the licencing (I assume)

[Sue]

Look at Music Magpie.

Someone just told me they got a good price for gardening books of all things, but they mainly do CDs I think.

You can put them in one by one and get a quote. If you download their app you can scan in each barcode and get a quote.

No idea if it's worth doing, but worth a look maybe?

They pay postage.

[ruffers]

We music magpied all our cd's a while back. Some (many) of them you get 5p for, some you get a couple off quid.

You'll look at the boxes and think you spent a tenner each and it represents thousands of pounds and you're getting a fraction of that, but it's easy and better than nowt...

As for the licensing that ship has sailed. My moral compass says I paid for it before, everyone who deserves paying got their money already so it makes sod all difference if I still have the cd or not.

[lizbells6]

The larger St.Christopher's charity shop on Lordship Lane is still taking them in.

[bobbsy]

What CD's do you have? Put a list on and sell them here!

[natty01295]

Charity shops will Not take them because they are recorded CDs

* They need to be shop bought * Not downloaded on cd

[titch juicy]

natty01295 Wrote:

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> Charity shops will Not take them because they are

> recorded CDs

>

> * They need to be shop bought * Not downloaded on

> cd

Apologies if I'm wrong, but aren't these original CDs?

[kford]

Music Magpie definitely. BUT, if the MM price is pretty good, eg: over ?2, list them on Amazon Market Place and double your money. Rare stuff goes for up to ?20-30.

[ruffers]

Where does the idea come from these aren't original cd's?

[Rob tolfts]

They're original CDs, my attempts to make it as a pop star haven't made it out of the shower (yet!)

I might start working through the boxes & flogging the ones I don't listen to anymore. I guess I can delete the music from the cloud, & that would meet the licencing requirements.

[natty01295]

If they are original proper CDs then yes Charity shops will accept them

* Downloads they will Not Accept *

[healey]

charity shops take original CDs.

As for licensing issues deriving from keeping hard drive copies, not sure of the details. However, as long as you aren't very publicly torrenting many thousands of files who on earth is ever going to care, seriously?

[ianr]

As reassurance, the Government notes that that people shouldn?t be too concerned because copyright holders are not known to come after people who make a backup of their computers.

?The Government is not aware of any cases of copyright holders having prosecuted individuals for format shifting music solely for their own personal use,? the IPO spokesperson says. From https://torrentfreak.com/itunes-is-illegal-under-uk-copyright-law-150805/

[stringvest]

Give them to the allotment people, they can string them together to deter the birds! Or give them to your local elderly or other social club or day centre?

[Ruffler]

https://uk.webuy.com/stores/store_details.php?branchId=139#.WL5jQJHfWf1 This place on the Walworth road buys CDs, games etc.