Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!olivea!tymix!cirrusl!ss168!dhesi From: dhesi%cirrusl@oliveb.ATC.olivetti.com (Rahul Dhesi) Newsgroups: alt.sources.d Subject: Re: Charging the net.... Message-ID: <3097@cirrusl.UUCP> Date: 1 May 91 18:33:45 GMT References: <1991Apr29.132630.17725@robohack.UUCP> Sender: news@cirrusl.UUCP Reply-To: Rahul Dhesi Lines: 26 In mathew@mantis.co.uk (mathew) writes: You can't do that, either. "This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not [...be...] circulated [...] in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published." "...And without a similar condition being imposed on any subsequent purchaser." My guess is that there were two original reasons for this clause. (1) To support the industry practice of allowing retailers to return just the cover page of unsold softcover publications and get a refund from the publisher. (2) To encourage libraries to buy the hardcover versions of books rather than buying cheaper paperbacks and adding their own hard binding. Reason 2 is probably no longer of much importance -- due to higher labor costs, buying a paperback and rebinding it is probably about as costly as buying the hardcover. Reason 1 is probably still valid, but... ...But I don't think this clause has any legal validity in the USA. -- Rahul Dhesi UUCP: oliveb!cirrusl!dhesi