MobileRead Forums - View Single Post

osnova · 12-30-2010, 08:13 PM

I am not accusing Amazon here. If it were on B&N's Nook, I might have used the same title because the 1984 case has come to stand for the seller (any seller) removing the purchased digital product from customer's possession. My arguments are in the previous posts. Moreover, here the storage servers are not Zondervan's but Amazon's.

Under the first-sale doctrine, copyright holders (and their agents, Amazon here) have control over their creations until the first sale. If they try to take any action against the product after it was sold, they may violate the property rights of the purchasers. The application of the first-sale doctrine to the digital goods is currently being considered by the courts. My argument is that digital goods should not be treated differently from the physical ones.

12-30-2010, 08:13 PM	#17
osnova Kindler of the Flame Posts: 582 Karma: 646016 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: US of A Device: K DX,3,KT,KP,KF, KFHD; Nook C, PRS600, iPad, Xoom, N900, N810, Zaurus	I am not accusing Amazon here. If it were on B&N's Nook, I might have used the same title because the 1984 case has come to stand for the seller (any seller) removing the purchased digital product from customer's possession. My arguments are in the previous posts. Moreover, here the storage servers are not Zondervan's but Amazon's. Under the first-sale doctrine, copyright holders (and their agents, Amazon here) have control over their creations until the first sale. If they try to take any action against the product after it was sold, they may violate the property rights of the purchasers. The application of the first-sale doctrine to the digital goods is currently being considered by the courts. My argument is that digital goods should not be treated differently from the physical ones. Last edited by osnova; 12-30-2010 at 08:22 PM.