Thread: Buying books in thrift shops and library sales.
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Old 04-09-2009, 09:20 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by sirbruce View Post
Getting back to the original point, regular books have long been allowed to be resold without compensation under the first sale doctrine:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine

This is codified law and settled in the courts. However, many argue that the First Sale Doctrine should apply to ebooks as well. Software went the "licensing" route to get around this doctrine, with some success and some not. AFAIK, no one has tested this law with ebooks.
That is really what this thread is all about. How does the trading or giving of ebooks compare to the same on pbooks, taking into account the First Sale Doctrine? Is there that much difference between getting a book for a quarter at a thrift shop etc, and getting it online, or something like that, for free?
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