Wired.com reports
a ruling by a federal appeals court (
Adobe Acrobat format) saying that first-sale doctrine is "unavailable to those who are only licensed to use their copies of copyrighted works," which makes it unlawful to resell software distributed under shrink-wrap and click-wrap licenses. As they explain: "The first-sale doctrine of 1909, in its current form, allows the 'owner of a particular copy' of a copyrighted work top sell or dispose of his copy without the copyright owner's authorization. 'The first sale doctrine does not apply to a person who possesses a copy of the copyrighted work without owning it, such as a licensee,' the court ruled." This case was an appeal of a case involving sales of AutoCAD on eBay, and it sounds likely that another appeal will follow. Thanks Aclesius via
Slashdot.
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Oh yeah, this will help them make more money and offset/cut down on piracy...LOL!
If they make it where used games are illegal, I just won't buy games. Unless they lowered the prices by A LOT. Most of my games are used since new prices are ridiculous and not worth it. I rarely buy new. My exceptions are valve games, id games, red dead, uncharted, and uh not much else. |
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Sep 10, 20:21 |
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Sep 10, 20:43 |
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creatorswhim |
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Sep 10, 20:57 |
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Sep 10, 21:03 |
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Fang |
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Sep 10, 21:40 |
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Sep 10, 21:55 |
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Sep 10, 22:04 |
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Sep 10, 22:13 |
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ASeven |
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Sep 10, 22:30 |
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Beamer |
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Sep 10, 22:50 |
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Tumbler |
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Sep 11, 03:22 |
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Sep 10, 23:49 |
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Sep 11, 00:04 |
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zirik |
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Sep 11, 00:19 |
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Prez |
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Sep 11, 00:54 |
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Mashiki Amiketo |
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Sep 11, 00:57 |
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Sep 11, 03:44 |
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Jerykk |
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Sep 11, 03:59 |
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Sep 11, 04:33 |
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Sep 11, 05:11 |
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Jerykk |
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Sep 11, 07:39 |
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Lokust |
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Sep 11, 11:30 |
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Tumbler |
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Sep 11, 18:39 |
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Jerykk |
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Sep 11, 17:03 |
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Sep 11, 17:13 |
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Sep 12, 02:24 |
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Sep 12, 03:52 |
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Sep 12, 07:39 |
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Jerykk |
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Sep 12, 14:23 |
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shponglefan |
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Sep 12, 18:11 |
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Jerykk |
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Sep 12, 20:03 |
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shponglefan |
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Sep 13, 05:06 |
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Jerykk |
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Sep 13, 13:24 |
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Tumbler |
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Sep 13, 14:20 |
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Sep 11, 13:19 |
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Sep 10, 21:51 |
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Sep 10, 22:29 |
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Sep 10, 22:31 |
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Sep 11, 05:32 |
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Sep 11, 05:43 |
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Sep 11, 09:03 |
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Sep 11, 09:41 |
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Sep 11, 15:00 |
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Sep 11, 15:18 |
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Mashiki Amiketo |
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Sep 11, 15:25 |
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Sep 11, 15:47 |
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Mashiki Amiketo |
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Sep 11, 22:15 |
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tuddies |
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Sep 12, 00:00 |
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Mashiki Amiketo |
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Sep 10, 23:17 |
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Verno |
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Sep 10, 23:46 |
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Sep 11, 13:07 |
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Sep 11, 13:39 |
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Tumbler |
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Sep 11, 15:03 |
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Sep 11, 14:54 |
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Sep 11, 18:15 |
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Verno |
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Sep 11, 21:03 |
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Sep 11, 22:03 |
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