Thread: Are Fair Use Rights coming to an end?
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Old 07-22-2011, 02:47 AM   #223
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Originally Posted by Shaggy View Post
Copyright makes no distinction between physical IP and digital IP.



It's the exact same reason that we have resale rights on other things. First-sale doctrine is what says you can resell your paperback. There's nothing in first-sale doctrine that says you can't resell an ebook.

The ONLY thing that stops you from being able to resell your ebook is DRM. There are no legal restrictions against doing so. It is perfectly legal right now to resell a non-DRM ebook.
That's a good point. If I buy a $25 movie from Amazon, I'm able to sell it once I've watched it and no longer have use for it. I'm not paying $25 for a disc, however, but rather the content on the disc (the movie). And were I to sell it, the buyer would have no problem popping it into the player of his choice and watching it -- and he wouldn't have to remove the copyright protection first!
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