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In lugnet.market.shopping, Mike Stanley writes:
> > Intewrestingly, a vast majority of IP protected works do Not allow
> > resale (without prior written consent from the publisher).
> >
> > From my copy of Asimov's Foundation: "This book is sold subject to the
> > condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent,
> > re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher's
> > prior consent"
>
> So the used bookstore I bought my copy from (and the person who sold
> it to the store, I assume) were violating the terms of that
> "contract" ? Cute.
>
> Hardly enforcable, but cute.
Yep, sort of like all those "Promotional Use Only" CDs and LPs floating
around in used bins the world over that "legally" remain the property of
the record companies and can't be resold.
Doug
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