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Originally Posted by gweeks
Yes.
Nor are they allowed to say "You may not buy this any more." Any copies already out there can be resold. That doesn't mean you can make another copy and sell it. This is why used book stores can still sell books even after they are no longer being printed.
The whole ebooks are a license and not a book messes with this, but there is no requirement that the law interpret it that way. Congress can say a book is a book is a book and ebooks become just another book that can be resold. I don't think it's likely, but there's nothing in the law that stops it. The current law hasn't been well tested yet either.
Greg
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It strikes me as very unfair that ebook pricing does not reflect the inability to sell the used book. Used book stores don't provide any income for the author or publisher yet I can not even legally let someone in my household read my book unless I either pass over my device to them or add their device to my account.
Perhaps the market that is hurting the most from ebook popularity is the used book market.