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Originally Posted by Shaggy
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.
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I agree with you 100% on what DRM is really for. I was just pointing out that it
could be helpful to the consumer if it was allowed to be (by legitimizing the sale of used ebooks).