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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by ethbr1 on Thursday March 21, 2024 @04:11PM (#39783779)
The failure of the courts to update first sale doctrine to the digital age is the root cause of many ills.

Unfortunately, it's a tricky question, because it's more akin to compelling speech when the content is served by another party at a future time.

If I get a device that uses cloud functionality... is whoever I sell that device to entitled to that functionality?

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by _aavaa_ on Thursday March 21, 2024 @06:58PM (#39785466)
Well the more important question is are you entitled to that functionality, or can it be taken away on a whim?

But those are more "advanced" questions. We still haven't even established the fact that I should indeed own the thing I purchased (see music or movies or anything). So we have a while to go before we get to questions of transference of services.

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