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Originally Posted by tompe
First sale doctrine does not hold for licenses so this is not a counter example of us not having first sale doctrine. But in the recent court case in EU we got the right to re-sell software. What will happen with ebooks or if that judgement cover ebooks is unclear. I assume we will get a court case for ebooks also.
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We already have a case for Mp3 files, which most likely includes audiobooks, there's another thread here about it.
Not sure if the case will make it the "Supreme" Court, but I suppose anything is possible,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19842851
But perhaps we need a case to determine what exactly a license is, and if licenses still hold any meaning.