by alanchavez on 6/15/13, 10:12 PM with 8 comments
Here's my source:
http://shop.oreilly.com/category/ebooks.do
"They're Your Books
Unlike most other retailers, ebooks from shop.oreilly.com are not restricted. You can freely loan, re-sell or donate them, read them without being tracked, or move them to a new device without re-purchasing all of them."
So does that mean that I can share my e-books on my website for free? or will I be breaking the law?
I know that I should ask a lawyer, but I don't know any lawyer specialized in intellectual property and Digital Rights Management.
I also sent an e-mail to O'Reilly, no response.
by martin-adams on 6/15/13, 10:21 PM
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They're Your Books. Unlike most other retailers, ebooks from shop.oreilly.com are not restricted. You can freely loan, re-sell or donate them, read them without being tracked, or move them to a new device without re-purchasing all of them.
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Source: http://shop.oreilly.com/category/ebooks.do
The following link might provide more clarity: http://support.oreilly.com/oreilly/topics/e_books_and_site_l...
It appears that when you purchase a DRM free book, you are purchasing a single entity. Therefore you can only loan, resell or donate it once. It doesn't give you distribution rights, just the rights to loan, resell or donate your since license.