Q: Does Person B have a case to make for copyright infringement when the item isn't theirs to begin with?
Person A sells a digital product with a book to Person B that's copyright protected from a company that Person A isn't affiliated with. The payment is done through an online money sending service. Person B then tries to blackmail Person B by saying the product is outdated (when the product is up to date) and didn't receive the book (which there's proof that Person B did receive the book) put in a claim through Paypal asking for at least a partial refund. Person B says if he doesn't get a partial refund, he would take legal action using copyright infringement as a reason for his dispute through Paypal. Does Person B have a case? If not, what should Person A do?
A:
It would be best if a copyright attorney answered your question, but you await a response for two weeks. In the age of traditional paper textbooks, this issue never really came up - students freely sold their used textbooks all the time without a second thought. But digital teaching materials changed things, and to answer your question properly, a copyright attorney would probably need to see the terms of usage for the digital resources. Good luck
Tim Akpinar
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