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First Sale Doctrine[^]
If ALL copyrighted material is covered then possibly you would not be able to sell a used car as the software in the control electronics would be covered.
Or what about second hand TV's or Fridges etc?
Just about everything we buy today has some form of copyrighted code or technology in it.
Personally I think that if you buy something then it should be yours absolutely, including the disposal methods.
If I buy a kindle and decide to sell it, why should I not do so, even with all the books I have purchased still loaded on it?
I paid for them, and if they were deadwood technology there is no prohibition (at the moment).
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
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Why? Because corporations want to make more money, at the expensive of anything and anyone. It doesn't matter whether it actually makes sense, as long as they get more money.
The same goes for eBay, even though that means that, for the moment, they take a reasonable position.
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Dalek Dave wrote: Personally I think that if you buy something then it should be yours absolutely,
including the disposal methods.
If I buy a kindle and decide to sell it, why
should I not do so, even with all the books I have purchased still loaded on it?
Agreed. Screw the copyright laws, i buy it, it's mine. I do whatever the elephant i want with it.
Sadly, in PC software this won't work, as one person would buy the software from you and then sell to 10 people, those 10 people would sell to another 10 and so on until no one else would buy it from you...
The only way i can think of to solve the above problem would be to limit the number of copies of a software one can sell to the number of copies she purchased, but then what happens to the right of copying the software?
I'm brazilian and english (well, human languages in general) aren't my best skill, so, sorry by my english. (if you want we can speak in C# or VB.Net =p)
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I understand the points you are making, but the problem lies with the fact that you would not be able to resell any copyrighted material.
So how would you sell the second hand car without permission from the original rights holder?
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
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Well, i think that when you buy the car, you receive that permission, as the original rights holder is passing it to you...
Maybe reselling should be a especial case on the copyright law.
The worst point is that all this doesn't make sense at all. if you ask someone if he thinks he has the rights to resell some copyrighted product he have purchased, he almost certainly will say yes, even if in fact he has not. it's just counter-intuitive.
I'm brazilian and english (well, human languages in general) aren't my best skill, so, sorry by my english. (if you want we can speak in C# or VB.Net =p)
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Dalek Dave wrote: the problem lies with the fact that you would not be able to resell any copyrighted material.
... purchased in another country, without paying proper duties and liens on its import.
That's already law. What's being disputed is how to apply it.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Sure, but if it's left wide open, then it's a safe haven for smugglers, tax/duty evaders, and money launderers.
The problem isn't so much "Do you have the right to sell item A in this country", it's more one of "How did item A get into the country in the first place?"
There will also have to, for example, be articles and codicils about items being "bought for personal use", which can be very hard to prove or disprove, so will end up as a right royal mess.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Dalek Dave wrote: If ALL copyrighted material is covered then possibly you would not be able to sell a used car as the software in the control electronics would be covered.
Or what about second hand TV's or Fridges etc?
Forced to buy new sh*t? What better way to stimulate the economy.
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Normally, I wouldn't worry and just say "it's going to be overturned." But after the whole Healthcare bill debacle, you can't foresee which way it will go.
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