08-16-2004, 02:06 PM
Dozer,Aug 16 2004, 03:50 PM Wrote:I think the problem is the fact that with online file-sharing, they can do something. With second-hand/used product, it is already covered under conventional Fair-Use laws(something that is suspiciously absent/vauge in the current DMCA)/ The RIAA picks the fights they can win, even if it's not the source of the true problem.I am not sure about american copyright laws in this particular case, but what we have (online copying and second hand sales) are two very different things (from a copyright perspective). In the first, we typically deal with the act of creating a copy (which in most cases is a copyright infringement). In the second case, we have a distribution act. This is also a copyright iunfringement BUT, distribution is one of the rights that is consumed, that is, cease to exist, for the copyright holder once the first sale is done. That is, after that, the copyright holder do no longer have any right to control the distribution of the specific copy (I believe this is the first sale doctrine in american copyright law and has nothing to do with fair use at all). Hence it is perfectly legal to sell copies second hand.
On a second note, why the HELL are CDs $20 now? This makes no sense, I can get a DVD for LESS than that(local shop sells all 1-disc DVDs for 18.99 :D )
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