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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Except that it's not: You can sell to a used bookstore, and that's considered legal. They can resell the book, and that's considered legal. And based on some statutes of law, giving your copy to a friend is not always illegal, unless you transact money for it (it's your method of obtaining the copy that may be considered illegal)...
Clearly, the law is vague concerning paper book sales. No wonder no one has yet been able to work out a viable series of laws for e-books! And until they do, I'd rather avoid buying (and selling) DRM e-books whenever I can.
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What's vague?
When you buy a paper book, you've bought the physical media. You are welcome to do
with that copy as you please: hold on to it, sell it to a used book store, sell or give it to a friend...
What you may
not do (except under certain restricted circumstances) is make
another physical copy of the book, or an electronic copy of the
content of the book. You bought the physical media, and the right to use or pass on that copy. You did not buy the
content, or the right to copy and distribute that content.
For practical purposes, one person can have and read a paper book at a time. If more than one person wants to read the book, they have to get their own copies.
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Dennis