Comment by jeffbee
7 days ago
I remember when hackers believed in the doctrine of first sale. You can do whatever with the stuff you own.
7 days ago
I remember when hackers believed in the doctrine of first sale. You can do whatever with the stuff you own.
In a strictly libertarian sense, sure.
In more liberal sense, because you might be destroying something unique that later generations might actually like to see, the life rule that states "Don't be a dick" probably applies trumps even first sale doctrine.
If there was a public interest in these books then it was already attached, and it was an outrage for the sellers to exclusively possess these books, and it was an outrage to sell them to any other private party.