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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
But the customers did not, and did not have to return the books.
Rand's books will be legal to sell after a certain time.
2033 in Canada, 2053 in Europe, 2038 for the Fountainhead & 2053 for Atlas Shrugged in the US.
The fact that those times are so far from now as to be ridiculous doesn't change the basic legal concept--the books were sold earlier than permitted; they were not classified documents that would never be legal to sell to the public.
In no other commercial venue are purchasers legally required to return mistaken sales products. Even automobiles and children's toys issue voluntary recalls of faulty products, not mandatory ones.
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But my point here is that the ayn Rand books are owned by the heirs of her estate. If the books are sold, they should be the ones getting the money for it. JK Rowling got the money for the early sales of HP.
My further point is that the booksellers did not have means to pull the books back, but Amazon did. I think that they may have had to do this, or they would have been liable to the estate for some fairly significant damages.