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Blu-ray is 'digital media' but because it's physical, US libraries can buy regular copies and lend them out as they wish. See 'first sale doctrine': https://en
by rahimnathwani 3y ago
Blu-ray is 'digital media' but because it's physical, US libraries can buy regular copies and lend them out as they wish.
See 'first sale doctrine': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine?wprov=sfla...
- TylerE 3y agoIt isn't that it's actually illegal, but you can't sell/lend/rent what the distributor refuses to sell to you, and video stores would have the in demand new releases weeks or even months before they'd be sold on the consumer market. They got them because the likes of Blockbuster were willing to pay $70 or $80 in 19800's dollars for that privilege.
- rahimnathwani 3y agoCan you give an example of a Blu-ray disk that's available to borrow at your local library, that isn't yet available for purchase on the consumer market?