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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 1594098" data-attributes="member: 177">I'm sorry, but there's a problem.&nbsp; This is effectively saying, &quot;You retain right of First Sale for this book.&nbsp; However, you must give or sell your entire library of other books to the same person in the process.&nbsp; In fact, you must give away everything that sits on the bookcase, even if it isn't a book!&quot;&nbsp; Let us say I purchace two of these ebooks.&nbsp; I should enjoy right of First Sale on each one of them separately.&nbsp; However, unless I store them on separate hard drives, I cannot excercise those rights fully.&nbsp; I cannot give the separate books to different people?&nbsp; This is still preserving my rights?&nbsp; It gets worse!&nbsp; If Adobe always puts the ebook in the same folder, and that folder is always created on the same disk as the OS installation, then, in effect, you've tied by right of First Sale to a completley different license - my license with Microsoft!&nbsp; I'd need a separate OS installation for every book, and that means another fee.&nbsp; How many dollars do I need to spend in addition to the download fee if I want to exercise my rights of First Sale freely for each book?Now, I expect that nobody hereabouts has the resources or time or enthusiasm to legally pursue the issue, but I expect that under normal copyright law tying up rights like that is probably illegal.&nbsp; You'd have to be issuing your wares under a different license, and making the terms clear to the user before they purchase.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 1594098, member: 177"] I'm sorry, but there's a problem. This is effectively saying, "You retain right of First Sale for this book. However, you must give or sell your entire library of other books to the same person in the process. In fact, you must give away everything that sits on the bookcase, even if it isn't a book!" Let us say I purchace two of these ebooks. I should enjoy right of First Sale on each one of them separately. However, unless I store them on separate hard drives, I cannot excercise those rights fully. I cannot give the separate books to different people? This is still preserving my rights? It gets worse! If Adobe always puts the ebook in the same folder, and that folder is always created on the same disk as the OS installation, then, in effect, you've tied by right of First Sale to a completley different license - my license with Microsoft! I'd need a separate OS installation for every book, and that means another fee. How many dollars do I need to spend in addition to the download fee if I want to exercise my rights of First Sale freely for each book? Now, I expect that nobody hereabouts has the resources or time or enthusiasm to legally pursue the issue, but I expect that under normal copyright law tying up rights like that is probably illegal. You'd have to be issuing your wares under a different license, and making the terms clear to the user before they purchase. [/QUOTE]

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