Would you sell your "Kindle" to sell a used book?

It turns out that people who buy e-books don't actually own them after all. Unlike a real book, you aren't allowed to re-sell it. Why not? Because corporate lawyers have thus far successfully argued that the "first sale doctrine" which governs actual books isn't good enough for them when it comes to e-books. This is yet another expansion of corporate property "rights". 


(Article by Seth Greenstein, CNNMoney.com, 23 December 2010)


"A recent Supreme Court decision, confusing Copyright Office rules and Amazon's Kindle policies all indicate that the only way consumers will ever get to resell "used" ebooks may be to sell their hard drives, too...."


More: <http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/12/23/what-do-you-really-own-when-you-buy-an-e-book/?section=magazines_fortune>



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