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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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I do wonder at publishers not attempting to cover the "selling of used books" loophole. It does make people less sympathetic to people pirating a book that is not being sold anymore if there is the idea of used copies being available ... note I say idea not that it actually still exists.
If I pay 19.99 for an ebook and can't even let friends read it legally unless I lend them the book and the reader yet the person who purchases the paperback or hardcover can freely lend it and/or sell it? Isn't that somewhat unfair? (I know I balked at that price and was early enough overdrive to get it fairly quickly.)