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calvin-c · 05-28-2013, 10:16 PM

Does anybody know anything about the legal status of selling some of my old, copy-protected, ebooks? I'd include the key and leave it up to the buyer to figure out how to read it. (I'd probably tell the buyer how *I* would handle it but leave the actual decision up to him/her.)

I haven't found any case law on this so either nobody's done it or the publishers haven't sued over it. Given how eager they've been to choke off the used book trade anyway I'm inclined to think nobody's done this yet-or at least not enough to attract attention.

How about it, does anybody know of any lawsuits brought over this-or of anybody doing it without attracting a lawsuit?

Thanks.

05-28-2013, 10:16 PM	#1
calvin-c Guru Posts: 787 Karma: 1575310 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: Moon+ Pro	Looking for info on selling 'used' ebooks Does anybody know anything about the legal status of selling some of my old, copy-protected, ebooks? I'd include the key and leave it up to the buyer to figure out how to read it. (I'd probably tell the buyer how I would handle it but leave the actual decision up to him/her.) I haven't found any case law on this so either nobody's done it or the publishers haven't sued over it. Given how eager they've been to choke off the used book trade anyway I'm inclined to think nobody's done this yet-or at least not enough to attract attention. How about it, does anybody know of any lawsuits brought over this-or of anybody doing it without attracting a lawsuit? Thanks.