I've bought several e-books online, and O'Reilly for example claims that my e-books are 100% mine.<p>Here's my source:<p>http://shop.oreilly.com/category/ebooks.do<p>"They're Your Books<p>Unlike most other retailers, ebooks from shop.oreilly.com are not restricted. You can freely loan, re-sell or donate them, read them without being tracked, or move them to a new device without re-purchasing all of them."<p>So does that mean that I can share my e-books on my website for free? or will I be breaking the law?<p>I know that I should ask a lawyer, but I don't know any lawyer specialized in intellectual property and Digital Rights Management.<p>I also sent an e-mail to O'Reilly, no response.
Their site says the following:<p>---<p>They're Your Books.
Unlike most other retailers, ebooks from shop.oreilly.com are not restricted. You can freely loan, re-sell or donate them, read them without being tracked, or move them to a new device without re-purchasing all of them.<p>---<p>Source: <a href="http://shop.oreilly.com/category/ebooks.do" rel="nofollow">http://shop.oreilly.com/category/ebooks.do</a><p>The following link might provide more clarity:
<a href="http://support.oreilly.com/oreilly/topics/e_books_and_site_license" rel="nofollow">http://support.oreilly.com/oreilly/topics/e_books_and_site_l...</a><p>It appears that when you purchase a DRM free book, you are purchasing a single entity. Therefore you can only loan, resell or donate it once. It doesn't give you distribution rights, just the rights to loan, resell or donate your since license.