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Originally Posted by HarryT
Depends what the licence terms of the operating system are. If it says that it's "non-transferable", then yes, it should. I think, though, that a Windows licence is transferable.
My point is not whether it's been established legally, but that it's what you've given your agreement to at the time that you buy the book. It seems plain "wrong" to me to accept the terms of the seller at the time that you buy it, and then to turn round and ignore those terms when it's convenient for you to do so.
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True, but it's happening everywhere in the digital world as we speak as you well know. I for one don't see an issue with re-selling an ebook if you sell it in total. (i.e. you don't make and keep a copy - just like with the "transferable" OS or reselling a paperback). I don't know it that is what happened in this case or not, but if so then, I don't see any issue, particularly with the ebooks. The operating system or other software may or may not be an issue, but the terms are very similar.
In the endless copyright debates (if you want to call them that) here on MR and elsewhere wrt digital media there are forces on both sides. Many would say the "receiver" of the ebooks (or digital media) has not broken the law. Which may be true legally, but morally and ethically I believe it is wrong if you knowingly possess it without compensating the seller.
The laws are in flux, but it seems morals have gone down the toilet.
