Re: US court says software is owned, not licensed

[Hyman Rosen]

Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> Man oh man, to doctor, to doctor you should go, Hyman.
> http://www.dfc.org/dfc1/Active_Issues/graphic/first_sale.html

You have quoted the "Reply Comments of the Library
Associations" which is a wish list, not the law. The
law is going to shaped by various cases, but it's
clear that the notion that all copies made under
permission are subject to first-sale is unlikely to
be correct.

For example, various services exist which permit the
downloading of songs, and set a limit on the number
of devices to which that song may be copied. I don't
believe that the courts will hold that each such copy
becomes separately subject to first-sale permission.