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> Any exact copies prepared in accordance with the provisions of this section may be leased, sold, or otherwise transferred, along with the copy from which such
by idle_zealot 2y ago
> Any exact copies prepared in accordance with the provisions of this section may be leased, sold, or otherwise transferred, along with the copy from which such copies were prepared, only as part of the lease, sale, or other transfer of all rights in the program. Adaptations so prepared may be transferred only with the authorization of the copyright owner.
I don't speak lawyer, but if I'm interpreting this right then this is the part where they say "actually yeah you can't sell or lend your copy to someone else unless explicitly authorized by the rights holder" i.e. we magically lost consumer rights by virtue of media being digital.
- duskwuff 2y agoIt's not as restrictive as you're reading it. This bit is fairly permissive: > only as part of the lease, sale, or other transfer of all rights in the program. It's basically saying that users are allowed to make personal copies of a digital work, but they aren't allowed to sell or loan out those copies separately from the original. For example, if you bought a game on floppy disk, you can make backup copies of the disk it came on, but you can't make "backups" for your friends to play while you keep the original, or sell your copy of the game while keeping a backup for yourself. This seems entirely reasonable to me.
- idle_zealot 2y agoIt's reasonable until you consider digital media that you didn't buy on physical media. Without that physical copy you get no resale rights.