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German court rejects sale of secondhand ebooks

Tuesday, 23 April 2013    Books+Publishing
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A German court has ruled that used ebooks cannot be resold by owners, reports Publishers Weekly. In its decision the German District Court of Bielefeld ruled that ‘unlike physical works, ebooks and digital audio books are not subject to “exhaustion of the rights of the author”’. The decision only allows...

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