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It applies to physical goods. Tesla will just force buyers to sign away their rights with a contract.
by kevin_thibedeau 3y ago
It applies to physical goods. Tesla will just force buyers to sign away their rights with a contract.
- Terr_ 3y ago> It applies to physical goods. No, there could be something else that applies to physical goods, but it's not the "First Sale Doctrine", which is specifically about limitations in copyright. [0] If I harvest a generic apple and offer it with a contract stating that the buyer will not allow anyone else to eat the apple, there's no copyright involved, and thus no First Sale Doctrine either. [0] https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/the-first-sale-doctrine.html https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/the-first-sale-doctr...
- kelnos 3y agoTo be clear, First Sale Doctrine does apply to physical goods: the doctrine pre-dates copyrighted digital goods. The idea was that a publisher couldn't prevent someone from reselling their paperback copy of a novel after they've read it (for example). Of course, it in theory could apply to digital goods as well, but most copyrighted digital goods you don't actually buy, you just license. Good luck reselling a Kindle book. You have to strip the DRM first, which, while possible, violates the DMCA.
- Ajay-p 3y agoCase in point where it applied to physical goods : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirtsaeng_v._John_Wiley_%26_Sons,_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirtsaeng_v._John_Wiley_%26_So....