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"In 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) held in UsedSoft GmbH v. Oracle International Corp that the first sale doctrine applies to used cop
by MacsHeadroom 3y ago
"In 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) held in UsedSoft
GmbH v. Oracle International Corp that the first sale doctrine applies to
used copies of [intangible goods] downloaded over the Internet and sold in the
European Union." [0]
Arguably the U.S. courts are in the wrong here. We can only hope first sale doctrine is extended to digital goods in the U.S. in the future, as it has been in the EU for over a decade.
[0] https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1193&context=nulr https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewconten...