Tim Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alfred > M. Szmidt wrote: >> How about a link to this legislation, GNUtian ams? >> >> Sure, copyright law. But I doubt that you are familiar with that. > > Try 17 USC 109. > > This is the codification of the first sale doctrine. Basically, it > says that if you have a legal copy of a copyrighted work, you do > *NOT* need the permission of the copyright owner to distribute it. > > This is why you can sell a book to a used bookstore, without having > to contact the author and get permission.
The question is whether I can cut the book into two parts and sell it to different people, or in different sales. Breaking a car down for parts is fine, but a car is not a literary work. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
