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Slashdot Asks: Should It Be Legal To Resell E-Books, Software, and Other Digital Goods? (arstechnica.co.uk)

Posted by msmash on from the digital-data-and-its-reselling-value dept.

There's no one stopping you from selling the CDs and DVDs that you buy, so why can't you do the same with e-books, music albums, movies, and other things you've downloaded? Ars Technica reports about a Dutch second-hand e-book platform called Tom Kabinet which has been "at a war" with Dutch Publishers Association (NUV) over this issue. This is seen as a threat to the entire book industry. German courts have suggested that the practice of reselling e-books should be stopped, whereas Dutch courts don't necessarily see it as an issue. What's your view on this?

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  1. NO !! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    It should remain highly ILLEAGAL !!

  2. Are you asking the right group of people? by dmomo · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is sort of like asking a tree full of squirrels if they think plastic domes should be banned from bird feeders.
    We've been coming here rattling our cranky fists about this for the past 18 years or so (about digital rights, not bird feeders).