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This book may not be re-sold or given away to other people (literature.cafe)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or if it was not purchased for your use only, please purchase your own copy.

I found this notice on the copyright page of something I bought at a recent used book sale. I can't recall seeing a warning so overtly hostile to book borrowers and hope I never do again. I know about the first sale doctrine, and that this is completely unenforceable, but it still offends me. Should I contact the author for instructions on returning it unread?

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I knit and crochet, and sometimes pattern writers will try to forbid people from selling the items made with their patterns, which is nonsense. The pattern itself is copyrighted, but not the item made with the pattern. I always find it vaguely annoying, and hope people don't buy into it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

The same thing happens with a lot of models for 3D printing.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You can’t even copyright the pattern in the same way you can’t copyright recipes.

The web page or printed page the pattern is on can be copyrighted. Photos or drawings accompanying the pattern can be copyrighted. But, patterns cannot be copyrighted.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don't think that's true, at least in the US. Patterns can be copyrighted, but since there are so many iterations of similar styles and patterns, it's probably tough to enforce (not that I've ever tried.)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

In the USA they definitely cannot be copyrighted. They can try to add on a license agreement but those have not been tested in court.

https://library.osu.edu/site/copyright/2014/07/14/patterns-and-copyright-protections/