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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4134472" data-attributes="member: 19675">FWIW, there are all kinds of pdfs for resale on sites like ebay.&nbsp; Of course, that's only evidence that those resellers haven't been sued.I can't say I've seen any case law on point, but if you came to me, I'd say err on the side of caution: if the PDF seller explicitly says its OK to resell, its OK.&nbsp; If they don't, its not- check the agreement accompanying the PDF.If you want to do some reading on the subject, here's a link to a search I did of the US's Copyright Office.&nbsp; That first pdf listed has a (lengthy) report about the relevant law- start reading about p44 or so for the full buildup.<a href="http://search.loc.gov:8765/query.html?style=Copyright&amp;col=loc&amp;cn=Copyright&amp;charset=iso-8859-1&amp;ht=0&amp;qp=url%3Awww.copyright.gov+url%3Awww.loc.gov%2Fcopyright&amp;qs=&amp;qc=&amp;pw=100%25&amp;ws=0&amp;la=en&amp;qm=0&amp;st=1&amp;nh=20&amp;lk=1&amp;rf=2&amp;oq=&amp;rq=0&amp;si=0&amp;qt=pdf+resale&amp;go.x=0&amp;go.y=0&amp;go=submit" target="_blank">http://search.loc.gov:8765/query.html?style=Copyright&amp;col=loc&amp;cn=Copyright&amp;charset=iso-8859-1&amp;ht=0&amp;qp=url:www.copyright.gov+url:www.loc.gov/copyright&amp;qs=&amp;qc=&amp;pw=100%&amp;ws=0&amp;la=en&amp;qm=0&amp;st=1&amp;nh=20&amp;lk=1&amp;rf=2&amp;oq=&amp;rq=0&amp;si=0&amp;qt=pdf+resale&amp;go.x=0&amp;go.y=0&amp;go=submit</a>The most relevant part of the document starts around p66, where it notes that the Record Rental Ammendment of 1984 recognized the right &amp; neccessity of certain IP holders to be able to limit the right to resale, even after a legitimate &quot;first sale&quot; has occurred.That's followed by all the stuff about computers programs, etc.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 4134472, member: 19675"] FWIW, there are all kinds of pdfs for resale on sites like ebay. Of course, that's only evidence that those resellers haven't been sued. I can't say I've seen any case law on point, but if you came to me, I'd say err on the side of caution: if the PDF seller explicitly says its OK to resell, its OK. If they don't, its not- check the agreement accompanying the PDF. If you want to do some reading on the subject, here's a link to a search I did of the US's Copyright Office. That first pdf listed has a (lengthy) report about the relevant law- start reading about p44 or so for the full buildup. [url]http://search.loc.gov:8765/query.html?style=Copyright&col=loc&cn=Copyright&charset=iso-8859-1&ht=0&qp=url%3Awww.copyright.gov+url%3Awww.loc.gov%2Fcopyright&qs=&qc=&pw=100%25&ws=0&la=en&qm=0&st=1&nh=20&lk=1&rf=2&oq=&rq=0&si=0&qt=pdf+resale&go.x=0&go.y=0&go=submit[/url] The most relevant part of the document starts around p66, where it notes that the Record Rental Ammendment of 1984 recognized the right & neccessity of certain IP holders to be able to limit the right to resale, even after a legitimate "first sale" has occurred. That's followed by all the stuff about computers programs, etc. [/QUOTE]

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