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Originally Posted by Daithi
The first trial was a jury trial. The appeal went to the Second Circuit so it was just decided by judges. Here is a better link on the case. This article also says, "[Due to this ruling] the first sale doctrine would not apply to goods made overseas." However, I don't know if this would really apply to all goods, or just copyrighted goods.
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I find the implications discussed in the last couple of paragraphs in that citation (Judge Murtha's dissent) most troubling.
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Originally Posted by teh603
US courts lost sight of what's right and ethical at least three years ago. Its just now that everything else is catching up.
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It is pretty well certain that this ruling will be upheld my the current US Supreme Court by at least five of the nine justices. Corporations are specially privileged people my friend.