[78-L] Major Copyright WIN!!!

[Mike Harkin]

FINALLY, a sensible copyright decision!  I've always thought that it's only the first sale a
holder makes or pays royalty or earns a profit, over which the holder has any expectation
of royalty or profit.  The new owner of a copy can share with friends, sell to whomever he pleases,throw them in the dumpster --  basically do what he likes, so long as it's not make pirate copies and sell them for profit.... 

Yay Supreme Court -- got one right for a change!

Mike in Plovdiv

--- On Tue, 3/19/13, Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com> wrote:

From: Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com>
Subject: [78-L] Major Copyright WIN!!!
To: "78-l" <78-l at 78online.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 7:02 PM

The Supreme Court decided 6-3 to ALLOW the sale of imported goods that
are copyrighted in the U.S.  The First Sale Doctrine was upheld even in
the case of foreign made copyrighted goods. This concerned a kid who was
selling textbooks in the U.S. that he had his parents send them from his
home in the Philippians where they were priced much lower.

Here's the decision: 
 http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/11-697_d1o2.pdf

Naxos?????


Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
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