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Originally Posted by rhadin
Thanks. It was as I feared, just a US District Court case. It has no real value in terms of establishing rights except as between the parties directly involved. It would have more force if it were a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision.  |
The foundation case used to make the ruling, US vs Wise, is a 9th Circuit case. That's the one that established "if you don't have to give it back, it was a sale, not a lease or use license, regardless of what's written on the receipt." It dealt with films, which come out very close to ebooks, video games or software packages: you could use them by yourself, or you could share them, or give them away/sell them when you no longer have a need/interest.