It is an attempt to negate the doctrine of "first sale" (the doctrine that you get to do anything you want with the one copy you actually purchased).
I am not a lawyer, and not at all familiar with UK law, but I think in the US the courts have not allowed this sort of strategy. You used to see this sort of restriction sometimes on books in the US, but you no longer do. This is an area that has been much litigated. Google <copyright first sale> and also <Vernor Autodesk>. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lindy Mayfield Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 11:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [z390] Anyone want Source code listing of last VSE program product Supervisor? Books I've bought from the UK say this in the front. Seems a bit strict, but is this the same thing? "This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher's prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
