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Originally Posted by Mike L
It is certainly a benefit to both the seller and the buyer. The problem is that it would seriously degrade the overall e-book market. There would be no incentive for people to buy new e-books if they can buy them second-hand (at a presumably lower price). So authors and publishers would suffer, and that might discourage them from producing e-books in marginal cases. In the long run, that would be bad for us all.
I'm not saying that the judgement is necessarily wrong, only that it is a mistake to consider the benefit without looking at the possible consequences.
Mike
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People can only buy second hand ebooks if people sell legally purchased copies of ebooks to begin with. And it is not like every person who buys an ebook will sell it.
The ability to resell however will increase the value of the purchase for potential buyers.