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Old 11-16-2016, 02:49 PM   #441
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Originally Posted by pwalker8 View Post
Not precisely. First sale doctrine (which is what we are talking about) was actually put into US copyright law in 1978, though the courts had carved out that distinction well before then. It's application varies from country to country.
Are there any other countries that have a first sale doctrine? I've not come across it anywhere other than the US.
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