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Originally Posted by rkomar
They could actually use DRM to make selling used ebooks fair and legal (by transferring the keys to the new owner and removing yours). But they don't...
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Selling used ebooks is already fair and legal. It's perfectly legal according to copyright law. There's no doubt that the fact that DRM prevents consumers from doing so was a deliberate decision. DRM is actually more effective at this sort of thing than it is at preventing "piracy".
Personally, I would suggest that "piracy" is just a red-herring and that the elimination of consumer rights that the industry doesn't like is the real purpose of DRM.