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Originally Posted by Elsi
There really isn't any way to have a second-hand market for electronic media. (Not just eBooks, but tunes and videos as well.)
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In the same way that reselling items like books involves a transfer of a physical object, electronic media can be resold by establishing a transfer of license from user to user. Of course, to enforce that, DRM needs to be brought into play.
You can circumvent the DRM issue by tying the electronic media to a physical storage container that will not allow clean copying (such as movie DVDs provide). Then they can be resold, refunded, or traded at will.