Giving away/selling PDFs

[pgb]

An idle question from my partner got me wondering about PDF rights.

First things first: I'm very happy with W23's "Buy It Once, Download It Forever" approach. If all the answers here are negative, I remain a very happy customer!

If I die, what happens to my PDFs? In practice, they probably get deleted when my computer gets wiped, but legally, can I (well, my partner) pass them on to someone? Sell them?

If I just wanted to stop using them (I don't), could I just sell them, as I would with a book? Could I just give them away? Obviously in either case I'd have to delete/destroy any copies, and I can see the huge potential for abuse, but I'm curious about the legal position.

Occasionally, due to excellent "bundles" from W23, I end up legitimately (and knowingly) with two copies of the same PDF. Is it OK to give one away? Sell one?

Thanks!

[Lennon]

Originally Posted by pgb

An idle question from my partner got me wondering about PDF rights.

First things first: I'm very happy with W23's "Buy It Once, Download It Forever" approach. If all the answers here are negative, I remain a very happy customer!

If I die, what happens to my PDFs? In practice, they probably get deleted when my computer gets wiped, but legally, can I (well, my partner) pass them on to someone? Sell them?

If I just wanted to stop using them (I don't), could I just sell them, as I would with a book? Could I just give them away? Obviously in either case I'd have to delete/destroy any copies, and I can see the huge potential for abuse, but I'm curious about the legal position.

Occasionally, due to excellent "bundles" from W23, I end up legitimately (and knowingly) with two copies of the same PDF. Is it OK to give one away? Sell one?

Thanks!

With no legal training, I am going to say your license to the PDFs are non-transferable

[pgb]

Originally Posted by Lennon

With no legal training, I am going to say your license to the PDFs are non-transferable

Thanks. I think that's most likely, yes. But I know some products are licensed "like books", in the sense that you can pass them on as long as you don't keep a copy.

I am more than happy with any reasonable conditions - I have been happily buying pdfs (as well as hardbacks) from SJG for years. But from a casual look on W23, I couldn't see the details.