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Re:My thoughts in response to the lawsuit against the Intern... by thatcat on Thursday July 23, 2020 @04:46PM (#23932070)
The First Sale doctrine can be applied to the digital domain.
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Re:My thoughts in response to the lawsuit against the Intern... by Spivak on Thursday July 23, 2020 @05:12PM (#23932304)
I mean you could try but you still wouldn't be allowed to duplicate the work. So you would only be allowed to sell your purchased version if you deleted any copy you had.
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Re:My thoughts in response to the lawsuit against the Intern... by supermatt on Thursday July 23, 2020 @06:54PM (#23933651)
That’s what DRM is supposedly for...
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Re:My thoughts in response to the lawsuit against the Intern... by phkahler on Thursday July 23, 2020 @05:15PM (#23932333)
Is there precedent for that? DVDs sure - see Netflix. But that's still physical goods.
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Re:My thoughts in response to the lawsuit against the Intern... by gowld on Thursday July 23, 2020 @05:26PM (#23932446)
Precedent? It's the law.

https://www.justice.gov/archives/jm/criminal-resource-manual...

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