You Can't Resell A Book On eBay?
from the details-please... dept
Ina Steiner writes in with a somewhat confusing self-written article talking about how publishing firm Wiley
has sued a student for trying to sell some Wiley books on eBay. The article could use a few more details however. The article makes the point that the student complied with the cease and desist and apparently took all the right steps in responding -- but that Wiley is either not responding to him directly or threatening him with a lawsuit, which has now apparently started, despite the student not receiving any information about that lawsuit. However, a bunch of things in the article aren't clear at all. Were the
books fake? People are accused of selling counterfeit CDs, software and movies online all the time -- but books seem a lot rarer. If he was just reselling a book that he legally purchased, then what's the problem? Also, other aspects -- including the refusal to speak by phone -- make this story seem quite odd, and in need of a much better description of what has actually happened.
Update: Aha, the details come out. These were apparently e-books. Seems like that would have been useful info to include in the article.
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Not surprising
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Details would certainly help.
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They appear to be electronic books
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-101310,newsId-2204.html
They are hitting people that are selling ebooks. This I can understand, since they may be easily copied and sold more than once.
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The books are "Electonic"
Thanks!
Sarah
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E Books
Thank you
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