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... paid for the privilege of being able to buy them. Did they buy them or not? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
by quadhome 14y ago
... paid for the privilege of being able to buy them.
Did they buy them or not?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine
Edit: upon further reflection, first-sale doctrine is around intellectual properties like books and music. I presumed there was a legal right to sell goods you've bought... but maybe not?
- taeric 14y agoFirst sale is only about intellectual properties because it is applied to copyright. That is, it is necessary to grant you the right to resell something that contains copyrighted property. For example, without first sale you couldn't sell a book you legally bought, because the author still has distribution rights over the story it contains. (That make sense?) For physical items, there is not a government granted monopoly to compare.
- mh- 14y agosorry, when I said 'paid for the privilege of being able to buy them', I meant that literally.. almost like a purchase option. people who attended Google I/O last year were given the opportunity to preorder an Explorer device.