The record labels disagree, noting, among other things, that ReDigi is making a new copy of each file rather than re-selling the original copy, and that individuals have the ability to maintain copies of the files on other devices, which cannot be accomplished as easily in the hard-copy context.

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After making a copy of the file, the hacker ran it through a code-breaking program that exposed the passwords as plain text.

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