What is ReDigi?
ReDigi is an online marketplace launched in 2011 that allows users to legally buy and sell used digital music. It aims to create a secondary market for digital music files, similar to how used physical music formats like CDs can be resold.
ReDigi's platform uses a proprietary fingerprinting system to verify each file a user attempts to sell, ensuring it was legally purchased on iTunes or another supported platform. Once verified, the file is transferred to the buyer's account while deleting the seller's copy, preventing duplication.
By deleting the original file, ReDigi is able to meet the legal standards for first sale doctrine and ownership transfer set out in Capitol Records v. ReDigi. The platform focuses exclusively on music files at present, with support for other digital media like eBooks potentially being added later.
ReDigi claims its mission is to give users more flexibility and options in managing legally acquired digital content. However, the platform has faced a series of lawsuits from major record labels arguing it still enables illegal file sharing. So far courts have ruled against ReDigi's arguments, but the platform remains in operation.