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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
Yet in the US, it doesn't quite work that way. It is legal to buy a used book. You got no extra money.
Ok. the copyright was transferred. Yet if I disassemble the book, and scan and proof it, for my own use, and the destroy the original, did I violate the copyright? I had one copy in physical format, now I have one copy in virtual format. One copy, either way. Does format shifting count as copyright violation?
Lots of possibilities. . .
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Ralph:
You are conflating two topics. The "copyright" issue has nothing to do with buying a used book. The author assigned or licensed his/her rights, under his copyright, to a publisher. (Or him/herself). The book was published. Someone bought it first-hand. The publisher collected the dough, did its split with the author. Subsequently, the book was re-sold (which it can be, as private, physical property). Period. That has NOTHING to do with the author's copyright, because by being sold, another copy is not being created. The first buyer loses the right to use it, and the 2nd buyer now has that right. That's all. The "copyright" wasn't transferred. Only one authorized copy of the book. Not the same thing.
We've already discussed what happens when you scan it for your own use and destroy the original, several pages ago. Nothing has changed in the last four pages. We discussed format shifting, and while it's technically illegal, in some jurisdictions, the likelihood of prosecution for a single-use copy, made from a licensed version (which is subsequently destroyed) is non-existent.
That doesn't affect copyright--not the author's rights, nor the publishers. It only affects infringement, if and when you then distribute the copy you made. That's all.
Hitch