[geeks] e.e. smith "lensman" series

[Tom Borton]

There's a difference between "legally" when talking about copyright law
and "legally" when talking about the license under which your copy was
sold.

"Fair use" would suggest that, if transfer your copy and don't have
access to that e-book anymore, then you should be able to resell it.
But that doesn't work well with the company's desire to ensure that only
one person has access to a copy.  Hence all the copy-protected hardware
bills that are coming in the US Congress now.

Companies wonder why people rip them off when they operate under the
assumption that people are dishonest and need to be policed.  Grrr...

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: geeks-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:geeks-admin at sunhelp.org]On Behalf
Of Rob
Sent: 15 April 2002 12:42
To: geeks at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [geeks] e.e. smith "lensman" series


> If you buy an e-book, can you resell it to someone else like you can a
> dead-tree edition?
>
Probably not legally but I think that you should be able to and wouldn't
loose any sleep over it.

- Rob