Thread: US Circuit Court of Appeal verdict making first-sale doctrine practically useless?
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Old 09-21-2010, 04:40 PM   #32
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Originally Posted by Shaggy View Post
What the retailers really want is the ability to make you think at the time of "sale" that you are buying the content. Then after they have your money, be able to say... just kidding, it's only a license.

So far, the government doesn't seem to be very impressed with that line of reasoning, and I don't think this particular case invalidates that.
I never said the government would buy that line of reasoning but when has that ever stopped anyone?
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