Re: RARA-AVIS: Used Books and ethics

From: Anthony Dauer (anthony.dauer@gmail.com)
Date: 03 May 2010

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    When you buy a used car, does manufacturer get more money? When you buy a salad for that matter from a restaurant does the farmer get paid again for this second sale of their product?

    On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Michael Jeter
    <michael.damian.jeter@gmail.com> wrote:

    > Most of the books I own, I buy used. I have looked for the lowest
    > prices I can. I am wondering, though, in buying cheap used books, am I
    > engaging in anything akin to bootlegging in music, ie, cheating
    > authors out of their fair earnings?

    -- 
    Anthony Dauer
    Annandale, Virginia, US
    



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