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Originally Posted by Elsi
Here's a quote from one book I bought from Amazon.com: "eBooks are not transferable. They cannot be sold, shared or given away as it is an infringement on the copyright of this work."
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However, copyright law does not prevent selling, sharing or giving away anything. It prevents *copies*. And derivatives, which are quasi-copies.
Most "sharing" of ebooks involves copies. So would most "sales." However, if you purchased ebooks, burned them to a disc (or downloaded them to a flash drive in the first place), and removed any copies from your hard drive, you should be legally able to sell, share, or whatever that disc. (At least, legally as far as copyright law is concerned. Amazon or Fictionwise's EULA is a different matter, and according to the new Myspace ruling you may be in violation of criminal law if you circumvent one of those.)