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Originally Posted by Harmon
You could be right.
As I pointed out in one of the posts just above, Title 17, Chaper 5, section 503 gives the power to a court to impound unauthorized copies of a copyrighted item, and destroy or otherwise dispose of them. And it doesn't limit that authority to unsold copies.
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It gives the power to a court, not to Amazon.
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This very strongly suggests that the buyer of an unauthorized ebook does not have any property rights in the ebook.
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Assuming that Chapter 5, section 503 includes property sold to customers, and is not just talking impounding the unauthorized distributors property. I don't think it's clear how that would be interpreted.