@ErikUden I stopped buying ebooks (except for those under creativecommons or other free culture licenses) because the EUCJ ruled that every sale of an ebook is only a "communication to the public" so passing it on is only allowed with permission by the author.

https://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?docid=221829&mode=req&pageIndex=1&dir=&occ=first&part=1&text=C%25E2%2580%2591263%252F18&doclang=EN&cid=4222787#ctx1

So, I’m sorry: the dystopia is already here.