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ceejayoz 17 hours ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine

> After the initial transfer of ownership of a legal copy of a copyrighted work, the first-sale doctrine eliminates the copyright holder's right to control ownership of that specific copy.

JohnFen 16 hours ago | parent [-]

How does the first sale doctrine require these horrific companies to destroy the books?

As near as I can tell, there is no legal pressure for them to do that. They're destroying them because that's how their scanning machinery works.