Borrow the WSO that i've purchased

Sounds very very VERY shady. If you don't have resell rights you can't even share it!

I think it's illegal coz you are not allowed to share.If a particular WSO has give away Rights then you are allowed to share.

There is no 'think' or 'sounds shady' about it. It is illegal!!!

I would report him to the help desk.

Di

Personally i wouldnt do it because you taking away sales from the creator of the WSO, not too mention the chances are the WSO contains legal jargon that would prevent this.

I would just say no regardless but if you want to check the WSOs you can do. Chances are some of them will have giveaway rights and some wont.

yes...i also think the same way too..

a lot of WSO doesn`t have a clear right, and they should have it

In digital world, there is no act of borrowing.

if you get the mrr or plr then you can sale or share it for free other than that ...
you cannot do that it's illegal

As others have mentioned, it is probably not legal unless the WSO specifically gave you the right to rent it out to others, which is rather unlikely. Moreover, it is quite immoral to do something like that and I would refrain from doing it. You could refer this friend of yours to the person you bought the WSO from so that he can get himself a copy and not get either of you into trouble.

You are looking to make money off other people's work. I wonder why this was actually a question you needed to ask? Obviously it is illegal. Where's the confusion?

Sadly, this is exactly the kind of thing we had to build our anti piracy system for. Remember, if they download or share the material, you just enabled that. Heck, it could be argued the sharing is an act of piracy - and the whole money changing hands doesn't help.

How do you "borrow" digital material. When you send it all to him are you going to delete all copies off your machine? When he sends them back is he going to delete all copies?

Don't attempt to share it (unless the WSO has PLR or resale rights). If he "borrows" your WSOs, can he promise to delete it after? I don't think so!

He should buy instead of borrowing.

How can you 'borrow' digital goods? He's buying them off you which is illegal, unethical and unfair.

Do the right thing and say NO.

Many of WSOs are not allowing the buyer to share the product to another people. Even there are no clear rights there. The owner of the product must be not allow you to share it.

So, it is illegal for sure. Don't get money by this way. This is absolutely wrong way to get money. Even $97 is really big deals for Indonesian like us. It is really unectichal. There are many other ways to get bucks

Folks, I'm going to play the other side of this (and will probably be flamed for it).

For example, if I purchase an eBook in PDF format, print it, read it, sell it, then delete it from my harddrive, I don't think there is anything legally wrong with that. This would be covered (at least in the US) under the First-Sale Doctrine.

TBH, I'm not even sure, legally, there is anything wrong with sharing it (ie. lending it, not making a copy) provided an illegal copy is not made.

I'm not sure where all the previous posters are getting their info but it seems contradictory to existing US law (not sure about other countries).

- probably be listed up on fiver next - hang him by the balls n all things pointy

Think about it, if you created WSOs, would you want your customers sharing them with others? That's money out of your pocket and the affiliates promoting for you.

Not to mention, you have no idea what this person will do with them once he gets them. Bad idea...

Are you serious? Of course it isn't legal or ethical. You do not have the rights to sell someone else's WSO. Period.

Don't do it as you spent much more money buying it. It's illegal if the author of ebooks states that you can't share, copy, reproduce, etc.

If that $97 will save you from jail or similar then do it.

Thsi is not allowed per the WSO rules. You may share it with people in your business not others that too for $$ its like reselling without permission..

I wouldn't do it if I were you. You've no doubt paid a lot more for these WSO's.

If he is really interested in learning IM then why don't you create a product for him using the knowledge that you've gathered and sell that to him, who knows if you think it's good enough you could sell it to more than just this person.

Either that, or recommend him the best product you've bought, for him to go and buy.

i`m not gonna do that...i`m an honest man , i also have a WSO so i know how the seller will feel..

but what do you think about all the blackhat forum that share all of the WSO for free...can we do something about it??

If it doesn't specifically say "You have X, Y and Z rights," you don't. Any rights other than personal use must be specified or you don't have them.

Not only should you NOT "loan" anyone digital products like this, you will find yourself banned here for good if it's discovered you did so.

Why? They'll end up being pirated everywhere, and it's you who made it happen. All quite true. Do you really believe that's what's happening here? The person who contacted him did say "he will pay $97 for all the WSO."


Paul

If you don't have PLR to any of these products then you are doing something very unethical. Although you're not actually going to go to prison or anything for it, it's still shady.

Like others have already mentioned, it is highly illegal and the creator of the WSOs can possibly sue you.

I'd suggest staying away from such people asking those things. If you know their warrior forum id, report them to any mod.

Didn't most of WSOs have "can't be shared, can't be resold" thingee? Since he is paying, you are actually reselling and I think it's illegal..

First off I in no way shape or form feel lending WSOs is proper and I say don't do it unless it's in the TOS that you can do it.

I'm posting this to counter the comments that it is "never" legal to loan digital products.

Amazon lets you choose to let others lend your books to friends and family for a period of two weeks. Also they have a library where you can "check out" a book if the author has allowed his/her book to be placed in the library.

Who knows as digital books become more secure we might see WSOs with the right [May lend to a friend]

Just an afterthought here, why are not WSO sellers releasing eBooks in Kindle format? Even if someone doesn't have a Kindle there are Kindle apps and readers.

George Wright

If you have any respect for your fellow Warriors, who may one day become your friends and allies - tell him to Sod Off, and that is being as polite as possible as their are ladies on this forum.

i like to follow the rules as much as i can. since when can you rent out info that has no rights

I won't trust that person, do you really believe that he can learn internet marketing in just a matter of a week? I don't think so.

Save yourself the worries and just ignore his request.

Ryuchi

Right, that does it. I'm setting up a Blockbuster for WSO's. If anyone has some old WSO's they don't want anymore just let me know and I will buy them from you.

That's certainly not allowed. You don't have the rights to the products.

I thought about it a little. Sure, it can not be borrowed, it can not be sold, because in either case, where is the guarantee that only one copy (which was purchased) remains? But then, could we call digital products goods at all? A good, like a physical book, a pencil, pair of gloves CAN BE borrowed, can be sold. A virtual product is more like a ticket to a performance or a seminar. Or a service fee.
By the way, information is NOT copyrighted. Not a single idea (if not patented) in a WSO falls under copyright protection. Only the text (and images) itself.

The key in the OP is "give $97"... That makes it a sell or rental.

But what's funny is not a single person has provided case law showing selling digital items when you are done with them is illegal.

This entire:

"My license says:

[NO] Resell
[YES] Personal use only"

Doesn't really cut it either.

1. "resell" in this meaning doesn't mean the same thing is the context of transfer ownership
2. "personal use" doesnt mean cant transfer ownership.

If you don't want people to transfer ownership, you need to start licensing it BUT simply saying it's a license doesnt make it so.

None of this is legal advice.

Garrie

About as legal as what you're offering in your sig...

Umm .. How does this guy even know what WSO 's you purchased , if many or even if any .

#1: So, he wants to borrow the WSOs for a week, and that's really enough time to learn what all he needs to know about IM? If he was too broke to purchase an WSO (many of which are very reasonably priced!) all he had to do was take notes by spending more time here...for FREE. There is a wealth of information here on this forum; a lot of freebies, such as e-books that he could take advantage of. I mean, dude, really...

#2: He will pay $97 for all the WSOs that you've purchased because he's too cheap to support his fellow Warriors? How was the $97 determined, considering all the money you've spent on WSOs? It would not have even set well with me to consider it.

#3: You purchased a lot of WSOs and he knows it....Well, I know that I would've told him to go and smoke something, trying to use me. That's just like I'm always paying for courtside seats at an NBA game for me and my ace, yet ace always buys the hotdogs and drinks...hugely disproportionate.

Before you even asked for input, I think we ALL could assume that the answer is/should be NO...All technical stuf/logic/assumptions aside, don't play with anybody's money...