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Originally Posted by HarryT
Look at the terms and conditions of the site where you bought the books. I believe you'll find that on most - probably all - sites, the books are specifically stated to be "non transferrable" and those are the terms that you agreed to when you bought the books. You cannot, therefore, give them to anybody else.
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Terms can be abusive and therefore deemed unwritten. This is what the law in my jurisdiction says about such clauses:
An abusive clause in a consumer contract of adhesion is null, or the obligation arising from it may be reduced. An abusive clause is a clause which is excessively and unreasonably detrimental to the consumer or the adhering party and is therefore not in good faith; in particular, a clause which so departs from the fundamental obligations arising from the rules normally governing the contract that it changes the nature of the contract is an abusive clause. (Art. 1437, Quebec Civil Code)
Violating a contract does not necessarily amount to "breaking the law." Contracts can be themselves illegal.