[Giggleton]

I have been thinking a bit lately about the ethics of selling used books.

On the surface of things the practice does not seem to be morally sound given that the monies transferred do not go to the creator of the text and instead go to the person who by one method or another has come into temporary possession of the container of the text.

Let us imagine a book being printed for sale, the creator deciding not to sell it and instead throw it away on the street. Would it be ethical for a passerby to pick up the book and sell it to another?