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Originally Posted by Ntsimp
When you buy something, it is yours. You have the right to sell, lend, or give it. You don't need permission from a previous owner.
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It depends on what you buy and what the conditions are that attach to the sale. Buying a co-op doesn't give you the right to sell it to someone not approved by the board. If you buy a 30 day bus pass in many areas, you're not allowed to sell, give, or lend it (or at least the people you lend it to can't use it as a bus pass). Buying insurance doesn't mean that you can sell the policy to someone else. And of course buying e-books or software or movies subject to a license means that you are (or may be) limited by the license. You are still *buying* an e-book; you just don't have identical ownership rights to someone who buys a pbook.