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Originally Posted by Shaggy
US courts have already ruled that is not true. A "license" can not take away your rights.
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As far as I know the rulings cover very narrow cd software which whatever the EULA terms, it's still a physical object that can be handed over; sure you have to agree to erase it, bla, bla, but the crucial part is that a physical object changes hands so to speak, not a virtual e one.
I still do not see the answer to my questions to people claiming ebooks are "sold"
1. Where is the used market for ebooks?
2. Can you legally give away your ebook to someone else without permission from the publisher/seller? And in the drm case how do you achieve that within current law? Assuming you agree to delete it, bla, bla...and still I would like an answer to question 2.
Note that Baen who is one of the msot liberals e-publishers out there *allows* you to share this and that, eplicitly; does Baen or Amazon for that matter *allow* you *explicitly* to resell you print books bought there and do you need their permissions?
To me this is one of the crucial issues that will determine the future of ebooks - until a *legal* mechanism to resell, share, archive forever and so on that is acceptable to "buyers" will be in place, or the prices will be low enough to consider ebooks "throwaway" items, I just do not see the market maturing.