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Old 05-20-2017, 05:54 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy View Post
The covers torn off is to prove to the publishers that the books were not sold. They do the same with magazines. Hence, it is illegal to sell a coverless book because no one has been paid for that copy.

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Just curious, but has this been tested in court? I can see copyright applying, but I thought that once garbage is placed on the curb/dump, it is "public property" (from TV crime shows? So if I am at the dump, and I take some books without covers (our dump allows garbage picking), have I broken a law? When I read it? When I sell it?
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