The Dutch Trade Publishers Association says reselling e-books is tantamount to piracy.
Reselling used items is a tradition in the United States that almost rises to the level of a sporting event held in many garages. But if you’re thinking about adding e-books to your inventory of used items at your next garage sale, you may be headed for trouble.
On Slashdot, “Nate the greatest” wrote a post about how a new e-book resale website, Tom Kabinet, is having legal troubles.
Nate noted that in the United States, it is legal to resell MP3s on Redigi and as a result of a 2012 decision in UsedSoft v. Oracle, downloaded software can be resold in Europe. According to a story on rt.com, the Luxembourg court inUsedSoft put an end to a legal battle between U.S. software giant Oracle Corp. and the German firm UsedSoft.
Read more: http://www.lawtechnologynews.com/id=1202662030903/EBook-Resale-Website-Faces-Legal-Troubles#ixzz36pZgRGUW