| |
Jasper Janssen wrote:
>
> On Thu, 11 Nov 1999 13:45:17 GMT, Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Not at all. That household chose to buy it. Unless the terms are "no
> > resale ever" they can then sell to you at whatever price they choose
> > including what they paid, more, or less, and not be in breach.
>
> 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"
Wow! I've never seen something like that. I guess you need to keep the
book in a lock box (you would be in trouble if a thief stole the book
since you have allowed it to circulate without the publisher's prior
consent). I wonder if this agreement would hold up at all in court?
Now I need to look through my books and see if any have this notice.
What I have regularly seen is the note about buying a book without a
cover. This is a notice which has some validity since the source of
these coverless books is store returns where I think the process is:
- store rips off covers and returns them to the publisher
- store separately arranges for the books to be destroyed
The problem is that not all bookstores do the 2nd, they sell them to
"scrap" dealers who then re-sell them to stores which sell discount
books. This is definitely a "bad thing" since the book ends up being
sold without the publisher ever getting a sale on it.
--
Frank Filz
-----------------------------
Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
|
|
Message is in Reply To:
178 Messages in This Thread:
(Inline display suppressed due to large size. Click Dots below to view.)
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
