Re:Publishers File Suit Against Internet Archive
by SomewhatLikely on Monday June 01, 2020 @01:38PM
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The first sale doctrine protects similar activities such as video rentals.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine
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Re:Publishers File Suit Against Internet Archive
by koolba on Monday June 01, 2020 @02:17PM
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Ah but you didn't buy that book. You merely accepted the EULA for a license to read the content of the pages, as written, in the order presented.
Re:Publishers File Suit Against Internet Archive
by brlewis on Monday June 01, 2020 @04:00PM
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You're joking, but this is the kind of thing that becomes true when enough people think it's true. What does a reasonable person think they're getting when they buy a book? That's the implied contract.