Thread: CNN: Why can't you 'give' an e-book?
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Old 08-10-2010, 01:15 PM   #58
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Originally Posted by calvin-c View Post
2) Why shouldn't the first sale doctrine apply to ebooks?
Exactly. There's nothing about first sale doctrine that limits it to physical items only. US Courts have already ruled that it applies to DRM'd software. An eBook is DRM'd software.
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