Couldn't agree more with jgaiser... The point about secondhand sales of any physical object, be it book or car, whatever, once I've sold it then I no longer have any vestige of the item... the whole thing is transferred. If I were to photocopy the book and keep the photocopy then that would be a different matter... breach of copyright for starters as I would not be transferring all trace of the item.
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Originally Posted by jgaiser
Sorry Neil, I heartily disagree.
Once I purchase a paper book, it belongs to me to do with as I see fit (within reason, of course - copyright still applies). Once I give or sell that book to another person, it's theirs to do as they please with it. If I purchase a car and resell it, should the manufacturer of that car be entitled to a cut of that? I think even you would agree that would be silly.
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