Sale of Second-Hand E-Books Infringes Copyright, Rules CJEU

If DRM infringes consumer rights, well that's just technology for you. But if technology erodes corporate profits - surely the law didn't mean to allow this! Quick, reinterpret it!

What happens if you put an ebook on a USB memory stick and sell it like that?

A cynic would say that quite a few of the books on the non-fiction best-seller lists are never read, and so cannot deteriorate through use. I can pick out four or five at least on the list at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Non-Fiction... that I doubt may purchasers or recipient have read past page 50. Should it be forbidden to resell them?

They've never heard of bit-rot in Europe

And the race to the bottom continues...