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More (hypothetical) legal questions... if anyone knows...
I mean, ... If I own a book, I can re-sell it.
If I've paid for the IP... Well, let's say I do resell it. Let's say, I keep my own copy too. Now, let's say (for the sake of argument) that I realize that I've duplicated the value of the IP, and that I owe money to the base owner of that IP. Lets also say that, since I sold the IP, I want to use that money to pay what I owe.
How much would it be? how would I go about paying it? If I can be sued for it, do I just have to wait until I'm sued? Will the suit be at the value of the IP, or some astronomical cost beyond the value of the IP?
Is there any feasible legal way for me or anyone else to do this? Would it be legally possible to open a website selling pirated copies of every ebook on the market, and then just mailing a check to the relevant publisher and/or author every time someone downloads a book? What would be the appropriate amount of money to send, and how would I find out? Note that I don't want to buy another lit file from ms every time I sell another copy of IP, ... because then I'd be paying extra for MS's service. I'd *only* want to pay for the IP.
What if I don't keep my copy (not that they'd ever know)? What if I buy lit files, crack them, and sell them to someone else? Or instead of cracking them I just give them whatever account information is necessary to transfer them to their computer (I assume that's possible, like with mobipocket)? If I buy MS files, crack them, and resell them at about the same price, ... have I really done anything different than reselling a book? Even if I'm a good boy and I only resell it once?
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