Thread: U.S. Supreme Court may revoke the right to resell
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Old 10-15-2012, 09:18 AM   #128
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
I don't believe so. You cannot resell eBooks, downloaded music, etc.
You can resell software though.

http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/d...cp120094en.pdf

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the first sale in the EU of a copy of a computer program by the copyright holder or with his consent exhausts the right of distribution of that copy in the EU.
I skipped quoting a few clauses to that, but assuming those conditions are passed, would exhausting your exclusive distribution rights be analogous to the US first sale rights?
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