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Old 11-02-2006, 01:42 PM   #45
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Originally Posted by da_jane
I would think the de minimis defense would protect you. What is more harmful, converting the book to eformat or selling it a half.com?
True. But doctrine of first sale explicitly protects selling the physical book, and there is no such explicit protection for format conversion. I agree that if it got into an actual legal battle, you'd have a very good chance of winning. But there are no guarantees, nor even precedent, as far as I'm aware.
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