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Originally Posted by murraypaul
Which is the exact opposite of the situation with eBooks, where different retailers cannot sell at different prices.
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Sorry, I don't think I'll agree with "opposite." It is pretty analogous actually. The issue is whether Amazon is allowed to act as a "storefront" for somebody else who actually sets the price. Ebay is in the same situation. Would you have a problem with a publisher setting up a storefront on ebay instead of Amazon?
If you want to look for a root cause why there is no used/secondary market for Kindle books, you need to go back to the copyright laws that permit and legally enforce DRM restrictions, and that give copyright owners the exclusive right to make copies. If you want to start a petition to repeal the DMCA, let me know and I might sign it. I am talking about what is legal, not what is desirable.
Put another way: copyright law is about creating monopolies, not creating competition. You cannot expect to see the same type of markets for monopoly goods.