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Originally Posted by ApK
Yes, you can. You can resell a paperback. You can resell a car.
Last I checked, neither paperbacks nor cars were eBooks.
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Copyright makes no distinction between physical IP and digital IP.
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If you think we should have resale rights on ebooks, great. I'm with you.
But it's not because "we have resale rights on other things."
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It's the exact same reason that we have resale rights on other things. First-sale doctrine is what says you can resell your paperback. There's nothing in first-sale doctrine that says you can't resell an ebook.
The ONLY thing that stops you from being able to resell your ebook is DRM. There are no legal restrictions against doing so. It is perfectly legal right now to resell a non-DRM ebook.