| ▲ | 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. | ||