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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Then copyright law needs to become sufficient. Allowing retailers to make their own determination as to what constitutes an authorized copy is certainly not the answer. They have no more authority in that arena than an end-user does.  |
Most rights issues in the publishing world are matters of contract law rather than copyright law, and this is no exception. The retailer says “these are the rights we require in order to sell your book” and the publisher either signs on the dotted line or chooses not to. Copyright law doesn’t really enter into the equation.