[FYI] Verleger wuerden am liebsten den Handel mit gebrauchten Buechern verbieten

["Axel H Horns" <axel.h.horns@gmx.net>]

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Complaints About the Used Book Market - Again

The New York Times takes a look at the perennial complaints of book 
publishers that the first sale doctrine (aka 17 USC 109 aka used 
books) is harming their business because of the increased 
efficiencies of Amazon (Online Battle of Low-Cost Books):
Is Amazon.com becoming the Napster of the book business?

The analogy may not be far off, say some observers of the used-book 
industry...."Used books are to consumer books as Napster was to the 
music industry," [Lorraine Shanley, a principal at Market Partners 
International, a publishing consultant,] said. "The question becomes, 
'How does the book industry address its used-book problem?' There 
aren't any easy answers, especially as no one is breaking any laws 
here."

Did I say perennial? Yes. How about this quote from the New York 
Times in 2002 (Online Sales of Used Books Draw Protest):
"We asked could we at least talk about when something could become 
available as a used book? Could we maybe wait three months after the 
book was published?" said Patricia Schroeder, president of the 
Association of American Publishers. "The biggest problem is that it 
is legal, I think. I wring my hands, pound my desk and say, `Aargh.' 
"I think the publishers should simply stop selling books to people 
who are going to turn around and sell them as soon as they are done. 
Perhaps shrinkwrap contracts or DRM would be in order. (Sarcasm)

via LawMeme
Posted by Ernest at 4:41 PM




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