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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon
You have a right in the EU to resell your property, and eBooks do not fall into ANY of the exemptions. Any costs cannot be put onto you, it's their problem under the doctrine of exhaustion of rights.
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Exactly. First sale and fair use are "supposed" to be rights that the consumer already has. They're not supposed to be a revenue opportunity for the Publishers. We should not let the Publishers put themselves in a position of saying "we will let you have your first sale rights, but only if you pay us a fee". Yes, that's better than the current position they're in of denying them completely (which, IMO, should be illegal), but not by much.