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Re: Circumventing the GPL
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Tim Smith |
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Re: Circumventing the GPL |
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Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:47:26 -0700 |
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In article <87abg9pfih.fsf@thumper.dhh.gt.org>,
John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org> wrote:
> In order to be a first sale under the intent of the law. "First sale"
> clearly contemplates a transaction such as walking into a bookstore,
> grabbing a book, plunking down $20, and walking out. You propose a
A sale is not required, though. All that's required is that the person
distributing own the copy they are distributing, and that it was legally
acquired. In particular, it applies to copies that were given away for
free.
There was an important case about that recently, where a record company
gave away promo CDs to radio stations and others, clearly marked as for
promotional use only and not for resale. Some of the stations disposed
of the CDs, where they ended up in second hand stores, and defendant
bought them and sold them on eBay. The record company said this was a
no-no. They court said that once the record company gave them away,
first sale applied. It doesn't matter that they were gifts.
--
--Tim Smith
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