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If they cancel out second hand books that would be quite a bullet to their own foot. I remember way back when, when the PS3 was in production and everyone thought the games could only play on one system. Remember those days? There was a huge uproar, many people didnt want to buy it because of the fact that if they didnt like the game they were stuck with it. Of course we all found out that wasnt the case later on but were not talking about then. Look at the PSP Go. It failed horribly. Why? I think one main reason is the complete and total lack of space and the fact that it doesnt have UMDs so not only can people NOT use their old games but they also have to buy them back AND they have a very small amount of space to work with. That thing was one of the dumbest ideas I ever saw and Im surprised it made it past being just a bad idea.
But then as I type this I think, look at Kindles. Havent they killed second hand books? You cant go to a used bookstore and buy a 'gently used' ebook. You cant sit back and say 'Ill get such and such a book when the price drops'. No, thats not happening at all. So some people just buy used ones, scan them and make that into an ebook. Isnt that technically piracy as well even though they already got money for it? Whether or not the same book exists as an ebook might not matter, it could just be the price. Say its $15 for the ebook and $1 in a yard sale or something. Which would you choose?
Heres another question. Did they factor in books that are ONLY available on the Darknet? Books that may very well be a sale if they converted it to ebook form but havent for whatever reason? Doubtful. Why mention that?
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