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Originally Posted by riemann42
Also, outside of theory, have any of you actually resold an eBook? If so, how did you handle issues such as DRM, informing original seller, etc?
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I have. Quite a few times. Mostly RPG game books rather than novels, mind you, but still.
DRM? Don't buy DRM'ed books. So not an issue.
And informing the origional seller? Why would I do that? I'd no more tell the original seller than I would when I sold a physical item on, unless there were issues such as notification for warantee. It's my responsibility to ensure that I've deleted all my copies of the book, as well. The merchant does not enter the equation, exhaustion of rights applies!
It's no different from selling anything else, except the need to make sure your backups are purged of the file.
Your view, which is badly at odds with societal norms and law, completely against resale is at least consistent, but I'd argue highly damaging - especially to those on lower incomes. Incidentally, is it only IP you have an objection to resale of?