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The first sale doctrine protects similar activities such as video rentals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine



Ah but you didn't buy that book. You merely accepted the EULA for a license to read the content of the pages, as written, in the order presented.


You're joking, but this is the kind of thing that becomes true when enough people think it's true. What does a reasonable person think they're getting when they buy a book? That's the implied contract.




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