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Selling eBooks on eBay?

prawnstar69prawnstar69 Registered User regular
edited January 2008 in Debate and/or Discourse
I just accidentally bought an eBook copy of I am Legend due to not really reading the smallprint on an eBay auction before hitting buy (when I found out I proceeded to buy a paperback copy).

How do people justify selling eBooks? They can be replicated free of charge, they don't own the copyright, surely eBay can stop this. I just plain don't get why it happens. I can see the benefits for the seller though, 100% profit. But..damn.

Unless I'm missing the point and this is, somehow, legal.

(I'm sorry if this is the wrong forum for the topic, it seemed the most suitable).

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  • ClickForthClickForth Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

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  • VeegeezeeVeegeezee Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    The owner's resell rights are figured out when they purchase the ebook. It's a little different from other digital media, but there's nothing especially slimy about it.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resell_rights

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  • KungFuKungFu Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    How is it pure-profit if he/she had to purchase the e-book in the first place?

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  • prawnstar69prawnstar69 Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    So if I asked a seller on ebay to prove they have resell rights on the book, would this be possible?

    I'm just a little curious on how it all works. I mean it's still very easy for the seller to make 1,000 copies of the eBook and just reply to any message with "Uhh, yeah I gots me some licenses".

    edit - The pure profit thing is me assuming it's not legal and these people are just letting people download multiple copies of something the seller doesn't own in the first place.

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  • nizlopinizlopi Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    I really should have been listening to you when you started going on about it behind me. In future, I will be in charge of all Ebay related activities until you learn how to use the internet.

    Silly boy.

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  • Fuzzy Cumulonimbus CloudFuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    Wha-
    What?

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  • SmasherSmasher Starting to get dizzy Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Suddenly this thread takes a turn for the hilarious.

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  • WulfWulf Disciple of Tzeentch The Void... (New Jersey)Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    IIT Prawns own themselves?

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