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Originally Posted by jhowell
No. Those books were sold with the condition that the could be re-sold, giving added value to the buyer.
Anyone trying to legitimately sell used copies of out-of-print books is harmed (slightly) by the pirating of those books.
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Not precisely. First sale doctrine (which is what we are talking about) was actually put into US copyright law in 1978, though the courts had carved out that distinction well before then. It's application varies from country to country. Some authors still hold that selling used books is the equivalent of stealing.