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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
So you are in a sense telling me that Oxmoor House should keep " Southern Living Christmas£9 2016 cookbook special edition presented exclusively by Dillard's" on sale from Christmas season 2016 to forever.
That happens to be a limited edition sold by only Dillard's and only for Christmas 2016.
The book was $10 and the proceeds benefit the Ronald McDonald House.
Note: I shop at Dillard's about once a year. I typically spend $10.
I really don't see where the company has an obligation to make that book available to me after that season is over.
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At one time, keeping a book in print was expensive and there wasn't room in the book stores for them all, so the norm was to reprint the book every 7 years or so. Generally, publishers might keep a stock of books stored somewhere, at least until the IRS changed the rules. That's really not the case anymore. It doesn't cost much at all to keep books in print, either electronically or print on demand, and thus provides little burden to the copyright holder.
While you may see no obligation to make that book available, I don't see where society should have an obligation to keep people from making copies of that book in such a case. We live in a society and it's not all I take, you give. Copyright isn't property, and is subject to changes in the law to adjust the bargain between the copyright holder and society.