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Originally Posted by susan_cassidy
This was a special case, where the reseller could guarantee that the seller no longer had access to the file (not sure how they could be absolutely sure, though). Presumably somehow interacting via iTunes. DRMed ebooks would not have that ability unless Adobe and/or Amazon got involved, and I still don't see how they could prevent you from having a bunch of other copies of the file stashed somewhere.
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You can't be absolutely sure, as there are still ways around it. That said, it takes "significant action" by the user to make sure they retain the song. So in effect it transfer the burden of not violating copy right from Ridigi to the person reselling the song.
IE if the person reselling the song is good and honest, then no-copyright infringement. If the person isn't honest, well then the person is the one resposible for the infringement.
In a lot of ways it isn't too different from me buying a paper book, scanning it or photo copying the whole thing and then selling it to a used book store. The book store is simply reselling the book on the good faith that I did not retain a copy of it. Redigi is going to the effort to attempt to ascertain good faith that you are not violating copyright by retaining a copy, but of course there is no way they can be 100% sure you didn't.
Frankly I am very, very glad that the case turned out the way it did!