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More on Amazon’s used e-books controversy
February 19, 2013 | 3:00 pm
Digital products like e-books are licensed—not sold—to a buyer, so they can’t be legally resold, shared, or loaned. (See my article on e-books and the first sale doctrine for more information.)
A group called the Owners' Rights Initiative wants to change that. The ORI believes that the owner of a digital book should be allowed to sell it used. Members of this group include some library trade groups, used resellers of paper books, and eBay.
Some readers consider this a good thing, because they can get cash back on books they've read, in the very same way many readers do with paper books.
But...



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